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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 



LEXINGTON FAMILIES 



FROM THE 



FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. 



BY CHARLES HUDSON, 



MiiMBEK OF THE MASSACHl'SETTS UISTOKICAI., THE NEW ENGI.ANTI HIS.TORIC-GEX EALOURAL, AND THE 
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES. 



BOSTON: 
WIG GIN & LUNT, PUBLISHERS, 

221 Washington Street. 

1868. 



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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 



LEXIiN'GTOISr FAMILIES. 



INTRODUCTION. 

In the following notices of the Lexington families, I have been 
desirous to give a full genealogy of those who settled in the town early, 
or who have resided long in the place. Most of the families which 
have come into Lexington within the last twenty or thirty years, have 
little or no record on our town books ; and hence it is impossible to 
give any connected view of them from our records. In such cases I 
have applied to the families personally or by circular, to furnish a 
complete record ; and wherever such a record has been procured, it 
has been used in this volume. But many, I regret to say, have 
supplied no such lists. This fact is mentioned, to show that the 
fullest opportunity has been given to every family, to provide the 
means which would enable me to give them a place in this Register. 
It would be impossible for me to take up every modern family, and 
follow them through the records of the respective places where they 
and their ancestors may have resided, and give their genealogy. 
A life-time would be insufficient for such a Herculean task ; especially 
when we consider the changing character of our population at the 
present day. I regret the absence of many families from this list, 
but the fault is not mine. 

My plan has been to begin as far back as my means of information 
would allow, and to trace the line of descent to the family or individ- 
ual who came to Lexington ; and while he or they remained in town, 
I have endeavored to embrace in the list every member of the family. 
When any individual or family have left town, I have dropped their 
genealogy ; though I have noted all important historical events, con- 
nected with the individual or family, known to me, as far as they fell 
•within the scope of this sketch. 
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While I have endeavored to be accurate, I have not the vanity to 
BupposeJhat I have avoided all errors. Every one who has had any 
experience in labors of this kind, knows that errors are unavoidable. 
The neglect of parents in having the births, deaths, and marriages in 
their respective families recorded, renders it impossible in many cases, 
to collect from the town records a correct list of a family. And this 
difficulty is increased by the recurrence of the same name in the dif- 
ferent branches of a family. Where tliere are two or three Williams, 
or Johns, or Samuels, or Sarahs, or Marys, or Abigails of the same 
surname, and the record gives the birth, death, or marriage of a 
person of that name, without giving the name of the parent or the age 
of the individual, it is difficult, aud sometimes impossible, from the 
record, to decide which of the individuals is intended. In all such 
cases I have had recourse to other evidence, and have generally satis- 
fied myself on this subject. 

Genealogists know what allowances to make. But in this case as 
in almost all others, those are the most difficult to please, who know 
the least of the embarrassments in this kind of labor. Every geneal- 
ogist must make up his mind in advance that his work will be branded 
as unreliable, by those who have neglected to give accurate informa- 
tion, or have been remiss in having their children recorded. 

I regret that the accounts given of some families are so meagre 
and imperfect ; but the defect is chargeable to the record. What 
I have given is the fruit of much labor, study, and anxiety. I have 
carefully examined the records of Lexington, and most of the neigh- 
boring towns, the published genealogies of numerous families, and 
also the records of the Probate office and the office of the Register 
of Deeds for the county. From these sources I have supplied', in 
numerous cases, the defects of the town records, and have even sup- 
plied the record of whole families, not found upon the town records 
at all. 

The following explanations will enable the reader to understand the 
genealogical tables : 

Abreviations. — b. stands for born; bap. ior baptized; m tor married ; unm. 
tor unmarried ; d, for died; dau. for daughter or daughters; wid. for widoic ; r. 
for resides or resided; ad. for admitted; o. c. for oivned the Covenant; ch. for 
church ; chil. for children. I have also abbreviated many of the towns to which 
frequent reference is made, as Lex. for Lexington; Camb. for Cambridge; Wo. 
for Woburn ; Wat. for Watertown; Con. for Concord; Walt, for Waltham; Bed. 
for Bedford, &c. All towns mentioned will be considered as being within this 
State, unless another State is mentioned ; or the case is so clear as to exclude 
doubt, as Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, t^c. 

In the following tables, the parents' names are given in full, and 
are printed in small capitals ; the children's Christian name alone 
is given, and is printed in italics. Children are separated from their 



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parents by a short line, thus : . And different families, or 

branches of the same families, are separated from each other hyaline 
across the page, thus : 

The right hand figure on the left margin of the page, denotes the 
number of persons consecutively from the first named to the last of the 
family of that name. The first male mentioned under each general 
head or new family, is set down as 1, and his children as 2, 3, 4, 
&c., and so on consecutively through every branch of the family; and 
the number set against any person is considered as his number, and 
no one is ever brought forward again but in connection with that 
number. Whenever the children are first named in the series, the 
number of the father is brought down against them, and placed at the 
left hand, separated by a hyphen, thus: 1-2 or 12-41, as the case 
may be — the left hand figure denoting the father, and the right hand 
figures the children — the father's number being understood as apply- 
ing to each of his children. Whenever an obelisk (f) is prefixed to a 
name, it denotes that the person will be taken up again ; and the place 
where he is thus treated of may be found by following down the left 
margin of the page, till you find his number standing in the second 
place to the left of the marginal line, and the number of his father one 
place to the left of that, expressed thus: 1-2- or 12-41-. The num- 
bers, of course, will vary with the position of the person in the table. 

That the above explanation may be fully understood, I will illus- 
trate it by its application to a particular family in this Register. 
Take the Smith Family, as an example. 

John Smith, t)eing the ancestor of the family, stands as No. 1, 
Against this number his personal history is given. He is separated 
from his children by a short rule or line. His number (1) is brought 
down against the name of his first child, John, who is numbered 2. 
The other children are numbered in succession — Francis, 3, Daniel, 4, 
and Thomas, 5. It is understood that the number of the parent stands 
against the name or number of each of the children. By inspecting 
the table, it will be seen that an obelisk is prefixed to the name of 
Thomas, No. 5. This denotes that he will be brought forward again. 
To find the place where he will be further treated of, follow down the 
left hand of the page till you find the number of the father (1) and the 
number of the son (5) standing together thus : 1-5-. Thomas's num- 
ber (5) is brought down against his children, whose consecutive 
numbers are 6 to 14, inclusive. Here again you find the obelisk 
against the names of Thomas, John, and Joseph, denoting that each 
of them will be further considered where their respective numbers, 
and that of their fathers, are found in the margin. Take the first 
named in this family, viz. Thomas, who^e number is 8. He will be 



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found in the table where Iiis number is placed in the margin, standing 
at the right hand of the number of his father (5) thus : 5-8-. Against 
the number of Thomas (8) will, be found the numbers of his children, 
from 15 to 20, inclusive. In this family, Thomas, Joseph, and Ben- 
jamin have the mark prefixed to their names, shovs^ing that they will 
be brought forward again and their families given. Take Joseph as 
an example, whose number is 19. Further along in the margin, you 
will find 8, the number of the father, and 19, the number of Joseph ; 
there you will find his personal history, and below, against his num- 
ber (19), you will find his children, numbered from 31 to 40, inclusive. 
Several of the sons are marked with an obelisk, showing that more will 
be said of them where their respective numbers are found in the 
margin associated with 19, the number of their father. Take Heze- 
kiah, numbered 33. By following down the margin, we find 19-33- 
where Hezekiah is taken up as a father, and his history, and the 
names of his children, are given. From his children, who are marked 
for further consideration, we will select Joseph, whose number is &&. 
Following the direction already given, we find 33-66- in the margin, 
where a notice of him and his children will be found. If we should 
select Billings, numbered 140, and look for his appropriate place 
where his father's number (66) and his own (140) are found in the 
margin, Ave should find among his children, Billings, our present fellow- 
citizen, standing as number 204. 

By following these directions, the reader can easily trace the Smiths 
or any other family. This can be done backward as well as forward. 
Take, for example, Elias Smith, who married Harriet Hastings. His 
number is 152, which stands against 87, the number of his father, 
Josiah. By following back the consecutive numbers, you find tuat 87 
is the son of 40 of the same name ; and 40 is the son of 19, which is 
the number of Joseph, the father; and 19 is the son of 8; and 8 the 
son of 5 ; and 5 the son of 2 ; and 2 the son of 1, the original ancestor. 

In this way any family can easily be traced in the following regis- 
ter. It will be seen that each division of a family separated by 
a long rule or line, presents at once three generations — the grand- 
father, the father, and the children — the first by number, and the last 
two by name. 

I have been thus particular, because people frequently complain 
that they cannot understand the arrangement of genealogists, or trace 
the connection between the different branches or members of a family. 
The plan I have adopted is partly original, and is, I believe, more 
simple than any plan in use ; and if it be followed, will enable any 
person to trace the connection between the members of any family 
which is presented in a tabular form. 



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THE ABBOT FAMILY. 

Adopting the alphabetical order, .we must place the Abbots at the 
head of the Lexington Families. They were not among the earlieat 
settlers, nor were they very numerous, but for a time held a very 
respectable position among the people of the place. By the aid of 
the Abbot Genealogy, we are enabled to present a connected line of 
descent from the original emigrant. 

George Abbot, with three sons, George, Nehemiah and Thomas, 
emigrated from England, and settled in Rowley, where he d. 1647. 

George, the eldest son of the emigrant, b. in England, settled in 
Andover, 1655, where he m. May, 1658, Sarah Farnum. He d. 
March 22, 1689, and she d. 1728, aged 90, the widow of Henry 
Ingalls. 

George, b. Jan. 28, 1659 ; d. Jan. 24, 1724, aged 65. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1660 ; m. 1682, John Faulkner. 

John, b. Aug. 26, 1662. 

Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1664 ; m. 1687, Stephen Barker. 

\Nehemiah, b. July 20, 1667 ; d. Oct. 8, 1750. 

Hannah, b. Sept. 20, 1668 ; m. 1695, James Ingalls. 

Mehitahel, b. Feb. 17, 1671 ; d. young. 

Lydia, b. Sept; 29, 1675 ; m. 1695, Henry Chandler. 

Samuel, b. May 30, 1678. 12 Mehitahel, b. April 4, 1680. 



Nehemiah Abbot, m. Abigail Lovejoy, 1691. He was a deacon 
in Andover, and represented the town in the General Court. 

\Nehemiah, b. Jan. 19, 1692; d. Feb. 17, 1767. 

Abiel, b. Aug. 10, 1693 ; d. Jan. 21, 1758. 

Zebadiah, b. April 6. 1695 ; d. Sept. 9, 1767. 

John, b. Oct. 31, 1697 ; d. Nov. 25, 1779. 

Abigail, b. Sept. 30, 1699 ; m. Benjamin Abbot, and d. Dec. 8, 1753. 

Mary, b. March 24, 1701 ; m. James Bridges, and d. 1774. 

Joseph, b. ; d. Nov. 12, 1726. 



Nehemiah Abbot, from Andover, bought. May 11, 1714, of 
Thomas Woolson, a house and land in Weston, known as the Stony 
Brook Mill Lot. He m. 1714, Sarah Foster. About 1719, here- 
moved to Lex. where a portion of his children were born. He was 
ad. to the ch in Lex. Feb. 23, 1724. His name first, appears upon 
the Town Records in 1721. He served his fellow townsmen from 
time to time, as school committee man, assessor, and town treas- 
urer. His wife probably d. 1770. He lived in the southwestern 
part of the town, now within the bounds of Lincoln. 

Nehemiah, bap. in Weston, Dec. 4, 1715; d. young. 
Nehemiah, bap. in Weston, March 14, 1717; d. July 13, 1785. 
Sarah, bap. in Weston, Nov. 2, 1718. 
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Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1721 ; m. Amos Lawrence, of Groton, and died 

Jan. 6, 1784. 
William, b. Oct. 9, 1724; d. Jan. 2, 1798, aged 74. 
i Joseph, b. June 8, 1727 ; d. 1793, aged 66. 



JosKPH Abbot, m. March 24, 1752, Hannah White. He appears 
to have been the only son of the family which remained in Lex. He 
resided at or near the Spaulding place in Lincoln, which was taken 
from Lex. when Line, was incorporated in 1754. Hence he is 
frequently mentioned in the Records as of Lincoln. 

\Joseph, b. July 10, 1752 ; d. 1834, aged 82. ' 

Nehcmiah, b. 1754 ; d. in Line. 1840. He ra. Polly Hoar — was a 
soldier of the Revolution. 

Abiel, b. ; m. Dec. 16, 1788, Polly Merriam, of Lex. andd. 1817. 

Hannah, bap. April 10, 1757 ; d. 1785. 

Abigail, b. ; d. young. 31 Sarah, bap. Aug. 1, 1762. 

Abigail, bap. July 21, 1765. 33 Asa, bap. Feb. 28, 1768. 

Mary, bap. Jan. 31, 1773; m. Amaziah Fawcett. 



Joseph Abbot, m. April 30, 1778, Ruth Buckman of Lex. He 
resided in Line, where he had a family of children, several of whom 
were bap. in Lex. He subsequently moved to Sidney, Me. 



Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 7, 1779. 
William, bap. June 11, 1786. 
Joseph, bap. April 24, 1790. 
Abigail, bap. Oct. 18, 1795. 



36 John, bap. Jan. 22, 1783. 
38 Samuel, bap. Nov. 23, 1788. 
40 Sarah, bap. April 28, 1793. 
42 Mary, bap. Feb. 1, 1801. 



THE ADAMS FAMILY. 

George Adams, a glover, and his wife Frances, settled in Wat. 
1645. On the 4th of Nov. 1664, he sold to John Chenery his house 
and land In Wat. and moved to Camb. Farms, now Lex. probably 
about the time of tlils sale. The birth of only two of his children is 
recorded ; though he had five or six at least. 

John, b. April 6, 1645 ; d. young. 

\Oeorge, b. 1647 ; d. Jan. 27, 1732, aged 85. 

Daniel, b. . Executor of his father's will. 

John, b. Mar. 6, 1657. 

Mary, bap. and o. c. Nov. 21, 1686, in Wat. 



George Adams, m. Jan. 20, 1684, Martha Fiske, dau. of John 
and Sarah (Wyeth) Fiske, of Camb. Farms. She Avas bap. In Wat. 
Nov. 21, 1686, and he was bap. and o. c. June 19, 1698. Both 
George Adams, and George Adams, Jr., were taxed In Camb. Farms 
in 1693, for the minister's salary, and for the purchase of the land 
which laid the foundation of the Ministerial Fund. He was an 
assessor in 1702; constable in 1715. 

\ George, born Ap. 28, 1685. He was bap. in Wat. 
Martha, b. June 10, 1686 ; bap. in Wat. the May following. 
fJohn, b. Sept. 6, 1688; m. Mary Flagg, of Wat. Oct. 27, 1714. 
Nathaniel, bap. June 12, 1698. Supposed to be the Nathaniel of 

Grafton, who m. Nov. 20, 1738, Eunice Stearns, of Waltham. 
Sarah, bap. June 12, 1698. 
\Der\jamin, b. Dec. 20, 1701 ; m. Eunice . 



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George Apams m. about 1705, Judith . He was a physician, 

and resided in Lex. till about 1720, when he removed to Waltham, 
where he d. Feb. 8, 1767, aged 82. 

Lydia, b. July 9, 1706 ; m. Oct. 13, 1731, Caleb Pond, of Dedham. 
j'onas, b. Jan. 6, 1708; d. June following. 
Judith, b. Sept. 15, 1709; m. _— Boyden. 

Elizabeth, h. July 8, 1712; m. Feb. 26, 1744, Robert Baker, of Con. 
Hannah, h. Feb. 9, 1715 ; m. Dec. 4, 1734, Barachias Lewis, of Kox. 
Se<A, b. March 25, 1717 ; d. 1730. ,,,.,, • ,,r . 
Josiah, b. June 13, 1719 ; m. Grace Hager ; had children in Weston. 
Deborah, b. June 13 ; d. June 16, 1719 ; a twin with Josiah. 
Abigail, b. in Walt. May 6, 1721 ; d. May 26, 1740. 
Daniel, b. in Walt. May 2, 1724 ; m. Nov. 22, 1743, and had Eliza- 
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JoiiN Adams m. Oct. 27, 1714, Mary Flagg. He was probably 
the John Adams who m. Nov. 24, 1743, Mary Sanderson, of Walt. 
He was chosen to the dignified office of hog-reeve in 1715, showing 
that he was an inhabitant at that time, and that he had recently 
assumed another important relation. His last wife d. July 21, 1786, 
aged 95. 

Mephibosheth, b. July 4, 1715 ; m. May 2, 1734, Jane Derby. 

John, b. Feb. 22, 1717 ; probably settled in Line, where he m. Eliza- 
beth , and had a family of 11 children. He d. 1774. 

Micah, b. Aug. 14, 1718; d. Aug. 23, 1747. 

3Iary, b. Feb. 27, 1722. 

Abigail, b. June 3, 1723. 

Prudence, b. April 1, 1727. 

\Sampson, b. Aug. 25, 1730; d. Aug. 26, 1785. ., „ . 

]George, h. May 17, 1733; m. July 18, 1758, Abigail Prentice, of 
Newton. 

S«sa?ma, b. March 21, 1735. „,„.^ 

Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1738. 33 Jane, b. June 3, 1740. 

Benjamin Adams m. Eunice . Their first two children were 

bap. in Walt. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Sept. 
26, 1736. 

\Benjamin, b. Feb. 5, 1727 ; d. Oct. 27, 1790, aged 64. 

Micajah, b. Feb. 11, 1728. 36 Eunice, bap. June 3, 1731. 

Israel, b. June 2, 1732. 88 Simon, b. Oct. 15, 1734. 

Ebenezer, b. July 25, 1736; d. young. 

Nathaniel, b. Oct. 5, 1738; d. Dec. 17, 1738. 

Ebenezer, b. May 23, 1740. 42 Abraham, b. Aug. 24, 1742. 

Solomon, b. April 6, 1744. 

Martha, b. Nov. 2, 1746; d. May 7, 1747. 

Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1748. 



Sampson Adams ra. Mary , and had Anna, b. Nov. 20, 1775. 

His wife d., and he m. Nov. 11, 1779, Katharine Bacon, of Wo. 
They had Zedekiah, bap. Oct. 3, 1784. Sampson Adams d. Aug. 26, 
1785. She d. April 25, 1829, aged 84. His family record is imper- 
fect. He had a son Thomas in the Revolution. 



George Adams m. July 18, 1758, Abigail Prentice, of Newton. 
She d. Jan. 2, 1760, leaving two children; and he m. March 18,. 
1762, Elizabeth Crosby. He d. Feb. 8, 1814, aged 84 years. 



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Abigail, b. Jan. 3, 1759. 47 Anna, b. Dec. 24, 17G0. 

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1763. 

George, b. Sept. 25, 1764 ; d. Dec. 10, 1764. 

Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1766, 51 Exinice, b. Aug. 21, 1767. 

Oeorqe, b. Oct. 2, 1769; d. March 31, 1793. 

Rebecca, b. Dec. 13, 1771; d. Dec. 1772. 

Micah, b. April 9, 1774. 65 Phinehas, h. Oct. 11, 1776. 

Stephen, b. Dec. 9, 1778'. 



Benjamin Adams m. . He d. Oct. 27, 1790. The only- 
record is a baptismal one, which reads as follows: " Oct. 30, 1791, 
bap. Benjamin Adams, Eliphalet Adams, and Nathaniel Adams, — 
children of Benjamin Adams, deceased." 

There have been other Adamses in town : Samuel Adams, b. in 
West Camb. Sept. 28, 1790 ; m. May 22, 1822, Ann Whittemore. 
He came to Lex. 1827. He d. Sept. 16, 1866 ; she d. May, 1862. 
They had four children : Annas, b. June 5, 1823 ; m. April 2, 1867, 
John Beals ; W. Frank, b. April 16, 1829 ; m. Emma C. Balles, of 
N. Jersey; Robinson, b. Nov. 24, 1832; went to N. Y. ; d. 1866; 
Georgia, b. June 6, 1839 ; m. May 10, 1857, Albert Griffith, of W. 
Camb. She d. May, 1859. 



ALLEN OR ALLINE. 

In 1783, on the 24th of March, Ezekiel Allen, of Lex., and Sarah 
Abbot, of Line, were united in marriage. Ezekiel Allen was taxed 
in Lex. from 1778 to 1783, when his name disappears. Phinehas 
Allen was taxed in town as a resident in 1783. Ezekiel Allen, or 
AUine, as the name is sometimes spelt, was in the first eight months' 
service of the Revolution from Lex. in 1775. 



Galen Allen, b. Aug. 19, 1802, Acworth, N. H. Was a son of 
Galen Allen, formerly of Bridgewater, Mass. He came to Lex. a 
single man about 1835, and m. April 4, 1839, Lavinia Munroe, dau. 
of John Munroe, b. Oct. 16, 1823. He d. June 29, 1864, and she 
d. April 22, 1865. He filled the office of selectman for several years. 

Harriet A., b. Jan. 7, 1840; m. April 17, 1856, John D. Bacon; 

and d. March 22, 1865. 
Annette A., b. June 8, 1842 ; m. March 23, 1862, Abraham B. Smith. 
John O., b. Jan. 31, 1845. 5 f^avinia M., b. July 14, 1848. 

Jonas M., b. Jan. 22, 1854. 



THE ANGIER FAMILY. 

John Angier, of Maiden, m. March 2, 1794, Mary Simonds, of 
Lex., dau. of John and Mary (Tufts) Simonds. He must have 
established himself in town immediately after his marriage, for his 
name appears soon after upon the tax bills. He resided on Burling- 
ton Street, near what was called Bull Hill Meadow. 

John, b. March, 1794. He was in the war of 1812 and in the Mexi- 
can war ; went to Wis. 

Daniel, b. Aug. 24, 1796 ; m. June 15, 1823, Sally Davis, of Con. 
Chil. : Marshall, b. Oct. 26, 1823; Charles D., b. Jan. 26, 1825; 
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riet M., b. Aug. 5, 1832; Eustis, b. Sept. 16, 1834; M. TV., b. 
Oct. 3, 1838; Cyrus L., b. May 3, 1845. 

Abigail, b. Feb. 11, 1798; m. Nov. 3, 1821, Samuel C. Simonds, of 
Burlington. 

Amos, b. Dec. 27, 1802; m. Nov. 3, 1828, Esther R. Winn, of 
Salem, dau. of Benjamin and Susan (Estabrook) Winn, formerly 
of Bur. Chil. : Amos M.. b. Feb. 28, 1831; m. May 31, 1857, 
Sarah F. Blaisdell, of Charlestown; Lucius B., b. May 14, 1833. 
He served in Mass. Vols, in the late rebellion ; Louisa, b. Sept. 
27, 1835 ; Henry A., b. Apr. 30, 1838. He was in the first three 
months' vols., was wounded and taiien prisoner at the first Bull 
Run battle, and confined at Richmond. He is married, and resides 
at Somerville; Everett M., b. Dec. 1841. 



ARMS. — Richard Arms, sometimes spelled Orms, was ad. to the 
ch. in Lex. Apr. 10, 1709. He m. Oct. 28, 1714, Sarah Carley, of 
Lex. No record of children. Rev Mr. Hancock made the following 
entry in the ch. record. Mar. 24, 1752 : " Baptized Sarah Arms at her 
house, she being above eighty years old, and confined ; I preached 
there at the same time." She d. July 8, 1760, aged 88. He d. Apr. 
26, 1736. He was constable in 1728, and committee to provide for 
the schools in 1733, and subsequently. He was a shoemaker by 
trade, and resided on the hill west of the residence of the late Col. 
Merriam. The names of Arms and Carley have long since become 
extinct in Lex. 



THE BABCOCK FAMILY. 

Leonard Gardner Babcock, b. May 28, 1841 ; m. Dec. 25, 
1864, Frances C. Chalmers, of Galesburg, 111. He is son of Dr. 
Aaron G. and Anna (Blashfield) Babcock, of Princeton, Mass., who 
was a descendant of Malachi Babcock, of Sherburn. At the break- 
ing out of the Rebellion, being at St. Louis, he entered the 11th 111. 
Reg. for three years. He was in several battles, and at Fort Donel- 
sou received six wounds, several of them very severe. He came to 
Lex. where he had relatives, in May, 1866. In Apr. 1867, he was 
appointed Postmaster. He has one child, Frederick G., b. Nov. 1, 
1865. 



THE BACON FAMILY. 

Nathaniel Bacon and his wife Abigail were in Lex. in 1729, 
when we find the birth of one of their children. He d. Oct. 19, 
1773, aged 74. His wife survived him many years. The record of 
their family is meagre. 

Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1729. 

Jacob, b. Mar. 14, 1738 ; m. Feb. 13, 1776, Katharine Davis, Bed. 

Oliver, b. Ap. 14, 1740; m. Dec. 6, 1770, Sarah Reed. 

Buth, b. June 23, 1746 ; m. Apr. 30, 1771, James Gleason. 

Jacob and Oliver must have left town about the time of their mar- 
riages, as their names disappear from the tax bills the years following. 

There has recently been another family of this name in town — 
John D. Bacon, son of George, of Bil. b. Sept. 14, 1832, came to 
Lex. 1854, and m. Apr. 17, 1856, Harriet A. Allen, dau. of Galen 
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Grant, of Acworth, N. H. He had Carrie A., b. May 14, 1857; 
George H. b, Dec. 30, 1860, d. Mar. 1861 ; Annette A., b. Apr. 6, 
1862, d. May, 1865. 



THE BAILY FAMILY. 

James Baily, b. in Greenfield, N, H, Jan. 6, 1792; m. Sept. 27, 
1818, Abigail Simonds, dau. of David, of Lex. He died Sept. 9, 
1865. She d. Aug. 9, 1863. 

Lydia Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1820 ; m. Apr. 30, 1837, Charles Hutchin- 
son. They have three children, Abigail Angeline, m. 1862, Henry 
Capell; Lydia Ann Addia, m. 1807, 11. L. Woodbury; Elvira 
Augusta, m. 1864, Charles A. Grover. 

James D., b. Oct. 23, 1822, m. Nov. 17, 1855, Rachel E. Marston. 

Frederick P., b. June 29, 1824; m. Nov. 1851, Dorcas Ann Skelton. 

Chellus B., b. Oct. 23, 1828; m. Apr. 19, 1855, Ellen E. Hartwell, 
of Lin. 'J'hey have George H., Nellie L., and Estella A. 

Edward B., b. June 28, 1833; m. June 28, 1860, Sophia L. Gould, 
of Lex. dau. of Thomas Gould. 

Nathaniel, b. Feb. 29, 1836. 



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THE BATE FAMILY. 

Benjamin Bate and his wife Mary were ad. to the ch. in Lex. 
Oct. 31, 1703, " by a letter of dismission from the church of Christ 
at Hingham." May 27, 1716, Benjamin Bate confessed to the ch. 
that ''through the temptations of the Devill and his own corrupt 
heart, he had been led into many sins, particularly Sabbath breaking, 
which is a leading sin to other hainous sins ; therefore, being easily 
taken by the Devill at his will, fell into the sin of killing John Law- 
rence's cow y*' night before y® last, leaving y® ax sticking in its 
body."— A solemn warning surely to resist the 'Devill,' and avoid 
Sabbath breaking. 



3 Lydia, d. Oct. 24, 1703. 

5 Benjamin, hsip. Jan. 17, 1716. 



Solomon, bap. Dec. 10, 1702. 

JoJm, bap. Oct. 7, 1705 ; d. young 

John, bap. Dec. 3, 1717. 

Mary, bap. July 20, 1719, d. 1723. 8 Joseph, bap. July 2, 1721. 

Charity, bap. Jan. 20, 1722; d. Jan. 29, 1723. 



THE BARKETT FAMILY. 

Humphrey Barrett came from Eng. and settled in Con. 1640. 
He d. 1662, and his wife d. 1663. They had 4 sons, one of whom, 
Thomas, was drowned in Con. River. Oliver Barrett, a grandson of 
the emigrant, m. Oct. 24, 1754, Anna Fiske, dau. of Ebenezer and 
Grace (Harrington) Fiske, of Lex. and settled in Chelmsford. 
About 1770, he moved to Westford, and afterwards entered the army, 
and d. at Albany, leaving 7 children. One of their sons, viz. Benja- 
min Barrett, b. Jan. 16, 1770, m. Betsey Gerrish, dau. of Samuel 
Gerrish, of Westminster. He d. in Springfield, N. Y., to which 
place he had removed, Oct. 21, 1844. He had 11 children, of whom 
4 received a collegiate education, and 3 of them were clergymen. 
The late Samuel Barrett, D. D., of Boston, was one of them. 

Rev. Fiske Barrett, son of Benjamin, was b. in Springfield, 
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was settled in Lex. Sept. 1849. In 1852, he was dismissed at his 
own request, and has subsequently been settled in Scituate and 
Stonehara. He m. June 8, 1853, Ann E. T. Henchman, dau. of 
David Henchman, of Boston. She is not living. 



THE BEALS FAMILY. 

John Beals was b. in Salem, Jan. 20, 1801, where his father 
resided. His mother was a Bacon from Bedford. He came early to 
Lex. to reside with his grandmother Bacon, and in 1825 m. Mary S. 
Brown, dau. of John D. Brown. She d. Apr. 4, 1865, and he m. 
Apr. 2, 1867, Eleanor Adams, dau. of Samuel Adams. He had one 
child, George, b. May 13, 1827 ; d. Mar. 16, 1828. 



THE BENNETT FAMILY. 

Moses Bennett, of Groton, m. Aug. 11, 1719, Anna Blanchard. 
They bad the following children. 



8 \James, h. Dec. 5, 1736. 



Abigail, b. Aug. 31, 1720. 
Moses, b. Aug. 15, 1726. 
Eunice, h. Mar. 27, 1731. 



3 Steplien, b. Oct. 16, 1723. 
5 David, b. May 15, 1729. 
7 Jonathan, b May 17, 1733. 
9 Anna, b. Nov. 8, 1739. 



James Bennett, of Groton, m. , and had 7 children. 

His wife d. and he m. Dec. 14, 1784, Olive Shattuck, dau. of John 
and Elizabeth Shattuck; she was b. Jan. 27, 1753, and hence was 
17 years younger than her husband. He settled in the northwest 
corner of Ashby, near Watatick Mountain, adjoining the bounds of 
Ashburnham and New Ipswich. He d. Aug. 9, 1808, aged 71 years, 
4 mo. and 4 days. He was in the army of the Revolution. In 1775, 
he was stationed at Lechmere's Point, East Cambridge, and was in 
the battle of Bunker Hill ; he was in other battles, and had the 
command of a company. His wid. m. Jan. 25, 1816, Nehemiah 
Hardy, of HoUis, N. H. Capt. Bennett had by his 2d wife the 
following children. 

Eliah, b. Jan. 13, 1789 ; d. in Pepperell of a fever. May 4, 1815, on 

the day appointed for his marriage, aged 26. 
]James Harvey, b. Nov. 22, 1791 ; m. Winifred Knowles. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1795; m. in Boston, 1816, Williams Wright, b. 

in Pepperell, Apr. 6, 1788. He had been a merchant in Boston. 

They had six children. 



James H. Bennett m. Oct. 22, 1820, Winifred Knowles, b. in 
Truro, June 21, 1800. He commenced business in Boston in 1822, 
and continued his residence there till 1845, when he came to Lex. 
and soon after closed his business in the city. He was in the West 
India goods trade. After he closed his business in Boston, he 
opened a store in Lex. where he traded several years. 

James Knowles, b. July 20, 1821; m. Martha Stimpson, Jan. 2, 
1853. 

Mary Winifred, b. Apr. 22, 1823; m. Apr. 26, 1843, Peter Mclntire, 
a merchant in Boston. 

Charles Hawes, b. Mar. 23, 1836 ; m. Mar. 27, 1862, M. E. Ken- 
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THE BLANCHARD FAMILY. 

George Blanchard was early in Lex. and ra. about 1707, Sarah 
Munroe, dau. of the original emigrant. They were ad. to the oh. 
Jan. 18, 1708, when their first child was bap. There seem to have 
been others of the same name, as Lydia, Nathaniel, Mary, and Wil- 
liam were bap. about the same time. They may have resided in 
Wo.— At a later day, Elhanan BlancJiard and his wife Betsey E., 
had Betsey, b. Sept. 2, 1809 ; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1811 ; John W., 
b. Dec. 2, 1813; Alanson, b. June 2, 1816; James P., b. Dec. 13, 
1821, d. young; James P., b. Dec. 20, 1824; George W., b. Feb. 
27, 1828. 



THE BLASDEL FAMILY. 

The Lex. records giving no information of the family, our record 
is necessarily brief and imperfect. Abner Blasdel, of Portsmouth, 
N. H., m. Judith Powers, and had five children. She is now resid- 
ing in Lex. in her 78th year, with her dau. Sarah Adelaide, who was 
b. Dec. 27, 1825, and m. Feb. 7, 1847, George N. Dexter. They 
have been in Lex. several years. 

John C. Blasdel, the oldest son of Abner and Judith, was b. 
1809, and m. Joanna Chase Perkins, of Gardiner, Me. They re- 
sided in Boston several years, when he moved to Lex. about 1861. 
He purchased the mansion house, built by Capt. Daniel Chandler, 
which he has adorned and improved. He was chosen in Nov., 18G7, 
to represent the District in the Legislature. They have no children. 



Thefre is another family of the same name, viz. Ebenezer Blas- 
del, but the absence of a record compels us to omit an account of 
them. 



THE BLINN FAMILY. 

James Blinn m. a Miss Gilmore, of Woolwich, Me., by whom 
he had a family of ten children. James, one of his sons, m. Abigail 
De Lans, of Plymouth, Mass. They had a large family of children. 

Richard D. Blinn, one of their sons, m. Harriet Gragg. They 
resided in Wiscasset, Me. He followed the sea, and was master of 
a vessel. 

5 \Ricliard D., b. July 31, 1832, m. Charlotte Piper. 
) William H., b. July 31, 1832. 
John F., b. July 10, 1834. 



Richard D. Blinn, m. Apr. 26, 1855, Charlotte Piper, of Bed. 
He came to Lex. from Bed. in 1852, and went upon the railroad as 
brakeman or baggage master. In about two years he was promoted 
to the place of conductor. He has been for the last two or three 
years president of the road. 

Harriet E.,h.¥eh. 20, 1857. 
Helen Josephine, b. Apr. 4, 1861. 



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Thomas Blodgett, the ancestor of the greater part of the Lex. 
Blodgetts, was from Wo. He was a son of Samuel Blodgett, and 
was b. 16G0. He m. Nov, 11, 1684, Rebecca Tidd, dau. of Joha 
and Rebecca Tidd, then of Wo., but afterwards of Lex. A portion 
of their children were b. in Wo. and the remainder in Lex. Mr. 
Blodgett was a subscriber to the meeting house in the Precinct in 
1692, but does not appear to have been a taxable inhabitant till 
1694. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Mar. 5, 1699, by 
a letter of dismission from the Wo. ch. Mr. Blodgett, or Capt. 
Blodgett as he is generally designated, became a useful and promi- 
nent man in the town. He was an assessor in 1710, and after the 
town was incorporated, he filled almost every place of honor and 
trust. In 1714, he was chosen one of the selectmen — an office 
to which he was often re-elected. He also represented the town in 
the General Court. He resided on Adams street, near its intersec- 
tion with North street. He d. Sept. 29, 1740, aged 80. She d. 
July 3, 1716. 

^TJiomas, b. in Wo. Aug. 5, 1686 5 m. Mary . 

Rebecca, b. in Wo. June 5, 1689. 

\Joseph, b. ; m. Nov. 5, 1719, Sarah Stone, of Con. 

Abigail, bap. in Lex. Nov. 13, 1698. 

\Samuel, bap. in Lex. June 17, 1702 ; m. Mary Russell. 



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Lex. Feb. 18, 1728, with 22 others 
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She died about 1753. He d. 



Rebecca, b. Feb. 15, 1716. 

\Thoinas, b. Apr. 29, 1717; m. Charity Raymond. 

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 4, 1721. He was in the French war, 1760. 

\Amos, b. July 1, 1723. 

\PhineTias, b. Mar. 8, 1726 ; m. Joanna Locke. 

\Jonathan, b. June 28, 1729. 



Joseph Blodgett, m. Nov. 5, 1719, Sarah Stone, of Con. 
was ad. to the ch. June 9, 1728. He d. Jan. 7, 1731. 



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Joseph, b. Ap. 7, 1721. 
Anna, b. Ap. 10, 1724. 
Ruth, bap. Mar. 10, 1728. 



14 Sarah, b. Nov. 12, 1722. 
16 Abigail, b. July 24, 1726. 



Samuel Blodgett, m. June 26, 1726, Mary Russell, dau. of 
James and Mary Russell, b. Jan. 1, 1706. He d. Jan. 23, 1773, 
aged 71. 

Samuel, b. Ap. 30, 1727. 

^Simeon, b. June 5, 1730; m. Susan Skilton. 

Joseph, b. Feb. 10, 1732; d. Jan. 7, 1733. 

Mary, b. June 20, 1733 ; m. Jonathan Perry. 

Rtith, b. Aug. 29, 1735 ; m. Oct. 25, 1759, Henry Harrington. 

\Josiah, b. Dec. 28, 1737; m. Ap. 24, 1760, Jane Thorn. 

\Timothy, b. Aug. 7, 1740; m. Millicent 

\lsaac, b. Feb. 1, 1744; m. Ap. 20, 1769, Mary Locke. 



Thomas Blodgett, m. Charity Raymond, dau. of Jonathan and 
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in the campaign of 1760, under Capt. Clapham. She d. Jan. 28, 
1771, and he m. again in 1773. He d. Feb. 4, 1800, aged 83. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 22, 1745 ; m. July 24, 1766, Levi Parker, Billerica. 
Mary, b. Ap. 5, 1747. 

\Nathan, b. July 7, 1749; m. Jan. 3, 1791, Deborah Robbing. 
William, b. Ap. 25, 1751 ; d. July 13, 1773. 
Abijah, b. Dec. 16, 1762. 31 Ruth, b. Dec. 23, 1764. 

Aaron, b. Dec. 2, 1769 ; m. May 1, 1798, Patty Lane. They had a 
child b and d. 1799. 



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Rebecca, b. Jan. 31, 1752. 

Amos, b. Aug. 25, 1756. 

Nanne, b. Dec. 25, 1760. 

James, b. June 5, 1763 ; m. Sept. 1, 1786, Ruth Fowle, of Wo. 



34 Bette, b. June 17, 1754. 
36 Sally, b. Dec. 14, 1758. 



Phinehas Blodgett, m. Oct. 10, 1753, Joanna Locke. He was 
one of the patriotic band which marched, 1757, to the relief of Fort 
William-Henry. 



Benjamin, b. Aug. 13, 1754. 
Joseph, b. June 10, 1758. 



40 David, b. Dec. 26, 1756. 
42 Ebenezer, b. Ap. 28, 1761. 



Jonathan Blodgett, m. 
Molly, bap. Oct. 5, 1760. 



44 Thaddeus, bap. June 26, 1763. 



Simeon Blodgett, m. Dec. 24, 1761, Susan Skilton, dau. of 
Thomas and Ruth Skilton, of Wo., b. July 24, 1737. They were 
ad. to the ch. Jan. 2, 1763. 

Simeon, b. Oct. 4, 1762. 

Joseph, b. May 22, 1764 ; m. Abigail Munroe, July 8, 1788. 
Susanna, b. Sept. 28, 1765. 48 Lydia, bap. June 12, 1768. 

Ruth, bap. Aug. 25, 1771. 60 Sarah, bap. Oct. 16, 1774. 



JosiAH Blodgett, m. Ap. 24, 1760, Jane Thorn. They o. c. 
Ap. 12, 1761. He was one of the brave men who repaired to Camb. 
on the 17th of June, 1775, under Capt. Parker. He had been in 
the French war. 



Azubah, b. Feb. 3, 1761. 



52 Salmon, b. Ap. 21, 1766. 



Timothy Blodgett, m. Millicent 
thech. Feb. 3,1767. 



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Timothy, bap. Ap. 5, 1767. 
Levi, bap. Aug. 5, 1770. 



54 Thaddeus, bap. June 12, 1768. 
56 Lucy, bap. Ap. 4, 1773. 



Isaac Blodgett, m. Ap. 20, 1769, Mary Locke. He d. July, 
1830, aged 89. He was a soldier in Capt. Parker's company on the 
19th of April, 1775. 

Polly, b. July 24, 1769. 58 Lucinda, b. Mar. 8, 1772.. 

Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1775. 

Isaac, b. Nov. 3, 1777 ; d. Nov. 28, 1815. 

Simeon, b. June 21, 1780. 

Samuel, b. Aug. 5, 1783 ; d. May 25, 1820, aged 37. 

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Nathan Blodgett, m. Severs, by -whom he had one child. 

She d. Nov. 30, 1790, and he m. Jan. 31, 1791, Deborah Robbius. 
He died Feb. 6, 1825. 

Nathan, b. before 1790; m. Ap. 25, 1805, Susanna Frost, Camb. 

Billy, b. Dec. 8. 1791. 

Lydia, b. Ap. 27, 1793 ; m. Samuel Downing. 

John, b. Oct. 7, 1794 ; went West and d. 

Aaron, b. Jan. 8, 1796 ; went West and d. 

\Peter, b. Mar. 22, 1799 ; m. Trvphena Caldwell. 

Sarah 0., h. Dec. 8, 1800; m. Billings Smith, Nov. 19, 1820. 

Sullivan, b. Mar. 29, 1806. 

Stephen B., b. Dec. 24, 1811 ; d. Ap. 3, 1815. 



Pkter Blodgett, m. Dec. 14, 1823, Tryphena Caldwell, dau. of 
Thomas and Anna (Merriam) Caldwell, of Woburn, who removed 
to Lex. about 1803. Peter Blodgett d. May 8, 1856, aged 57. 

John, b. Ap. 4, 1825 ; d. Aug. 24, 1825. 

Tryphena, b. Sept. 4, 1827, d. Nov. 11, 1836. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 30, 1829 ; m. Samuel Barnes, and r. in Manchester, 

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John, h. Feb. 18, 1832; m. Mar. 2, 1856, Almira Meserve, of 

Charlestown. 77 Peter, h. June 25, 1834. 



There has been another family of Blodgetts in Lex. not traceable 
on our records, though undoubtedly of the same parent stock with 
the fiamily above. 

James Blodgett, m. Ruth Hadley. He d. Mar. 23, 1836, aged 
73. She d. June 23, 1818, aged 59. 

There being no record of the family, the children may not be 
arranged in the order of their birth. 

\James, who m. Rhoda Winn, of Bed. 

Nancy, m. Amos Stearns. 4 Lucy, m. Benj. M. Nevers. 

Charles, m. Mary Ann Dizer; and Eliza Smith, Mar. 29, 1831. 
Amos, m. and was drowfied at Neponset. 
Darius, m. Ann Tileston, went West and d. 

Clarissa, m. Josiah Johnson, of Wo. He d. and she m. Mar. 3, 
1818, Nath'l Bryant, of Boston. They are now residing in Lex. 
Buth, m. Wm. Tileston. They moved to the West. 



James Blodgett, m. Rhoda Winn, of Bed. 
She d. Aug. 6, 1854. They had 10 children. 



Hed. Jan. 3, 1839. 



Mary Ann, b. Aug. 9, 1809 ; m. Elias Dupee, June 18, 1830. 
Clarissa, b. Feb. 17, 1811; m. Oct. 11, 1835, Joseph Butteri5eld, 

Bed. 
Bhoda, h. May 7, 1813 ; m. May 31, 1835, Amos Locke. 
Elizabeth, b. Ap. 30, 1815 ; m. Ap. 4, 1837, Solomon Estabrook. 
James, b. Mar. 2, 1816 ; m. Sarah Jackson, res. E. Cam, 
Almira, b. Mar. 30, 1821; m. Sidney Butters. 
\Charles, b. Ap. 16, 1818 ; m. Maria Winn, of Salem. 
Elias, b. Oct. 13, 1822 ; m. Eliza Brown, r. E. Camb. 
Susan, b. May 8, 1824; m. Amos Richardson, of Med. 
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Charles S., h. Sept. 10, 1848. 21 Walter, b. Sept. 19, 1850. 
Emily M., h. Dec. 10, 1854. 



THE BOND FAMILY. 

This family came originally from Wat., and are the descendants 
of William Bond, who came to this country about 1630. He settled 
in Wat. where he m. Feb. 7, 1G49, Sarah Briscoe, by whom he had 
nine children. Thomas, their third son, b. Dec. 22, 1654 ; m. Sept. 
30, 1680, Sarah Woolson of that town. His 3d son, John, b. July 
14, 1695, was by calling a tailor. He ra. Sarah Mason, by whom he 
had six children. She dying, he m. Ruhamah Whittemore, wid. of 
Benjamin Whittemore, of Con. His first three children were born 
in Wat., the others in Lex., to which he had removed. In 1726, he 
bought two houses and lands, and a wood lot in Lex. for £480. 

John Bond appears to have been the first of the name within our 
borders. 

jJoshua, b. Nov. 24, 1720 ; d. Feb. 18, 1790, aged 70. 

Ezekiel, b. June 19, 1722 ; d. young. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1723; d. 1731. 

Lovice, bap. in Lex. Mar. 26, 1727. 

Elizabeth, bap. in Lex. Feb. 23, 1729 ; d. June 30, 1759. 

Mary, bap. in Lex. Dec 5, 1731 ; d. 1733. 

Lucy, b. . 

Ruhamah, b. ; d. July 25, 1746. 



Joshua Bond, m Millicent Russell, dau. of Philip and Sarah 
Russell, who was b. Dec. 29, 1720. He was a tailor by trade. He 
d. Feb. 18, 1790, and she d. Ap. 28, 1795, aged 75. There seems 
to have been a little opposition, or at least distrust, on the part of 
her father, who, though he gave her the usual outfit of that day, was 
careful to loan the articles to her, so that he could reclaim them in 
case of necessity. 

Sarah, bap. Ap. 8, 1744. 

Joshua, bap. Oct. 13, 1745. He was a saddle and harness maker, 

and had his house and shop burned by the British, Ap. 19, 1775. 

His property destroyed was valued at £190. 
Millicent, b. July 12, 1747 ; m. Ap. 24, 1777, Josiah Nelson, of Lin. 
Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1749; d. in infancy. 
Mary, bap. July 27, 1750; d. 1753. 
John, bap. Ap. 19, 1752; d. Dec. 25, 1753. 

Phebe, bap. Nov. 30, 1755. 17 Joanna, bap. June 15, 1757. 

Mary, bap. Oct. 7, 1759. 19 Joseph, bap. May 13, 1761. 

Abel,h&p. Oct. 19, 1762; d. 1783. 

Though this family was quite numerous, consisting of eleven chil- 
dren, by the early death or removal from town of the sons, the name 
soon disappeared. 



THE BOWMAN FAMILY. 

Nathaniel Bowman, of Watertown, was the progenitor of those 
of that name who settled at Cambridge Farms. Mr. Bowman was 
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lands purchased of Edward Goffe, situated in the southeasterly part 
of the town, near Arlington line. His wife, Anna, probably died 
first, as no mention is made of her in his will. He d. Jan. 21, 1682. 
His will bears date Oct. 21, 1679, and was proved Apr. 4, 1682. 
He gives to his son Francis the farm on which he lived, — Francis 
to pay Nathaniel £25, and in case he should die without issue, it 
was to revert to the children of Francis. His real estate was in- 
ventoried as follows: House and 10 acres of land, £120; 20 acres 
of meadow, £50 ; 70 acres of upland unimproved, £70. His chil- 
dren, as far as known, were as follows : 

\Francis, admitted freeman, 1652. 

Mary, buried Jan. 1, 1638. 4 Joanna, buried Nov. 20, 1638. 

Dorcas, buried Feb. 6, 1639, aged 7 days. 

Nathaniel, b. Mar. 6, 1641; probably d. in Lex. 1694; was taxed 

1693, but not in 1694. 
Joanna, b. Nov. 20, 1642 ; probably mother of Hannah Turner, 

mentioned in her father's will as a grandchild, 
Boreas, m. Benjamin Blackleach, and afterwards m. March. 



Francis Bowman, m. Sep. 26, 1661, Martha Sherman, b. Feb. 
21, 1641. He resided at Cambridge Farms, where he d. Dec. 16, 
1687, aged 57 years. 

\Francis, b. Sept. 14. 1662; d. Dec. 23, 1744. 

John, b. Feb. 19, 1665. 

Martha, b. Mar. 2, 1667 ; d. Dec, 1667. 

\Nathaniel, b. Feb, 9, 1669 ; d, June 30, 1748. 

\Joseph, b. May 18, 1674; d. Apr. 8. 1762, 

Anna, b. Sept, 19, 1676 ; d. Sept, 26, 1700, 

Samuel, b. Aug, 14, 1679, He resided in Cambridge, where he was 

Dea. He m. first, Nov. 2, 1700, Rebecca Andrews, who d, Nov. 

18, 1713, and he m, second, Deborah . He had 14 children. 



Francis Bowman, m, first, June 26, 1684, Lydia, dau, of Dea. 
Samuel and Sarah Stone of Camb,, second, Ruth, dau, of Rev. Samuel 
Angier, By a will, dated 1744, he directed his wife Ruth " to take 
as her own proper estate forever three of my negro servants, viz. 
Battiss, Philliss, and Fompy, so named. Also I give to my grand- 
daughter, Ruth Bowman, full power at my decease to take my negro 
boy Domini to be her own forever, — she paying her brother Francis 
£20 old tenor at the time of receiving Domini." He mentions in his 
will, wife Ruth, son Isaac, and dau. Mary Morse, Lydia Simonds, and 
Sarah Russell. Francis Bowman was among the most prominent men 
in the township, filling from time to time every office in the gift of 
the people. In 1693 he was on the committee to purchase land for 
the support of the ministry, and was on the first board of selectmen 
and assessors under the town organization, to which posts he was 
frequently re-elected. He also represented the town in the General 
Court, 1720, '22, '26, '27, '32, '33, He was also one of the Royal 
Magistrates first appointed in 1720, He appears to have been much 
respected; for in "seating the meeting house" he was one of 
the three who were permitted to sit at the table ; and his wife was 
"plaste in y^ fore seatt in y^ body of seats." 



Francis, b. about 1685. 17. Mary, b. — ; m. 

Lydia, b, ; m. Jonathan Simonds. 

\John, b, July 14, 1689 ; m. Mary Stone. 

Sarah, b, ; m. Phillip Russell. 

\Isaac, b. 1693 ; d. July 18, 1785. 



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Natiianiel Bowman, m, at Camb. Farms, Dec. 16, 1692, Anna 
Barnard, of Wat. She d. Sept. 15, 1757 ; and he d. June 30, 1748. 

Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1693; m. Samuel Garfield, of Wat. 

Anne, b. Sept. 6, 1696 ; m. Nathaniel Bright. 

Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1698 ; d. Feb. 25, 1748, unm. 

Abigail, b. 1700; m. Mar. 22, 1720, Matthew Bridge, of Lex. 

Nathaniel, bap. May 31, 1702; d. Dec. 26, 1723, leaving a wid. and 

a dau. Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1723, and d. May 24, 1727. 
Grace, bap. Oct. 1, 1704; m. Mar. 10, 1726, Nathaniel Cooledge. 
Sarah, bap. May 25, 1707 ; m. Feb. 3, 1731, Samuel Stearns. 
Jane, b. ; m. Jan. 21, 1734, James Brown, of Lex. 



Joseph Bowman, m. Phebe . She d. Dec. 20, 1757, and he 

d. Apr. 8, 1762, aged 88. He was one of the leading and influential 
men of the town, both in municipal and church affairs. He filled 
the office of town clerk, assessor, and selectman repeatedly. He 
was on the board of selectmen fifteen years, and a representative 
six years. He was also a justice of the peace for many years. 

Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1697. 

Hannah, b. Nov. 11, 1699; m. Mar. 26, 1719, Joseph Estabrook. 
James, b. Sept. 11, 1701. 

Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1703; grad. H. C. 1724; united with the ch. 
at Lex. 1726 ; was ordained at Dorchester, Nov. 5, 1729 ; and d. 
May 30, 1775. 
Francis, b. June 10, 1705 ; d. 1750, unm. 

Edmund, b. Mar. 5, 1709; grad. at H. C. 1728; established himself 
■ as a merchant at Portsmouth, N. H. 

■\Thaddeus, b. Sept. 2, 1712; m. Dec. 2, 1736, Sarah Loring. 
UVilliam, b. Sept. 2, 1716; m. May 5, 1753, Mary Reed. 
Martha, b. Sept. 8, 1718 ; m. Apr. 27, 1738, Samuel Bridge. 



John Bowman m. Mary Stone. They were ad. to Lex. ch. June 
22, 1718. He d. Apr. 30, 1726, and she d. June 28, 1757. 

\John, b. Dec. 5, 1713; m. Feb. 19, 1736, Susanna Cooledge. 

\ Jonas, b. Feb. 3, 1717 ; m. Abigail Russell. 

Francis, b. Apr. 2, 1718; m. June 24, 1756, Sarah Simonds. He 

resided in Bedford. 
Ebenezer, b. Apr. 2, 1720; m. and moved to W. Camb., where they 

had Abigail, bap. in Lex. May 27, 1750, and a son Ebenezer, bap. 

at West Camb. 1752. 
Ruth, b. Dec. 23. 1723 ; ad. to the ch. Oct. 18, 1741. 



Isaac Bowman m. Mar. 28, 1716, Elizabeth Harrington. She d. 
June 8, 1741, and he m. Sarah Munroe, wid. of William Munroe. 
Isaac Bowman and his wife Elizabeth united with the ch. Feb. 18, 
1728. He d. July 18, 1785, in the 92d year of his age. His wife 
Sarah d. a few months before him, viz, Apr. 13, 1785. He filled 
every office in town, from field-driver to representative. He was a 
magistrate for many years. 

Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1717; m. Sutton, of Boston. 

^Francis, b. Nov. 26, 1752 ; m. Susanna Chamberlain. 



Thaddeus Bowman ra. Dec. 2, 1736, Sarah Loring, b. about 
1715, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Lydia Loring. She d. Dec. 23, 1747. 
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Weston. Thaddeus and Sarah united with the ch. Dec. 6, 1741. 
He enjoyed the confidence of his townsmen, and was often called to 
fill offices of honor and trust. He was also captain of a company. 



Sarah, b. Oct. 2, 1737 ; d. Oct. 3, 1742. 

Edmund, b. August 4, 1739 ; m May 8, 1760, Esther Hoar, of Line. 
She d. July 22, 1780, and he m. Eunice Mead, of Stow. 

Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1741 ; m. Nov. 22, 1764, Catharine, dau. of Wil- 
liam and Sarah (Mason) Munroe. He soon after removed to New 
Braintree. He was an ensign of a company of fifty men from that 
small town, who marched to Boston on the report of the attack upon 
the company at Lex. on the 19th of April. He soon after joined the 
army, and commanded a battalion at the Battle of Bennington, and 
the other battles which resulted in the capture of Burgoyne. _ Maj. 
Bowman was not only a leading man in the town of New Braintree, 
but his family uniting the blood of the Bowmans and Munroes of Lex. 
became one of the most influential in that part of Worcester County. 
His daughters intermarried with the Delanos, Woods, Fields, &c., 
in New Braintree and the neighboring towns. His son Joseph, b. 
Sept. 10, 1771, represented the town of New Braintree in the 
General Court fourteen years, between 1807 and 1839. He was a 
Senator from the County of Worcester in 1828 and 1829, and was 
a member of the Governor's Council in 1832, '33, and '34. He 
was also President of the Hampshire Manufacturer's Bank, chosen 
annually for twenty-one consecutive years. Few men retained the 
confidence of the public as long as did Hon. Joseph Bowman. 

Isaac Bowman, another son of Maj. Joseph Bowman, moved to 
Wilkesbarre, Penn., about 1795, where he soon acquired the con- 
fidence of the people, was chosen General, and promoted to other 
offices of power and trust. 

Thaddeus, b. Feb. 10, 1743 ; m. Nov. 7, 1764, Elizabeth Lawrence, 
b. Dec. 13, 1741, dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Swain) Law- 
rence. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company in 1775, and 
was the messenger who brought the first reliable intelligence of the 
near and rapid approach of the British upon Lex. on the morning 
of the 19th of April, 1775. On the year following, Thaddeus and 
his wife Elizabeth were dismissed from the Lex. ch. to that of 
Winchendon, to which place they had removed. 

Solomon, b. Feb. 10, 1743, a twin of Thaddeus ; d. June 6, 1744. 

Solomon, h. June 2, 1745. He was a Lieutenant in the 25th Regi- 
ment of the army of 1775, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and 
was killed at the battle of Monmouth, in 1778. 

Joshua, b. Jan. 22, 1747. He went to Wilkesbarre, Penn., and 

from thence to Ohio, where his descendants are still living. 
Samuel, b. Dec. 2, 1753. (Samuel and the following children were 
by Thaddeus's second wife.) Samuel Bowman enlisted at the 
commencement of the Revolution, and became a captain in the 
Continental line, and served to the close of the war. It is said 
that he was with Maj. Andre the night before his execution, and 
commanded the guard which conducted him to the gallows. He m. 
!n Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 1784, Eleanor Ledlie, whose parents were 
from Ireland. About 1789, he moved to Wilkesb.arre, Penn., 
where his wife had a large estate, and where he had a family of 
children, some of whom have become quite distinguished. 
Sarah, b. July 4, 1755. 

Ebenezer, b. July 31, 1757 ; grad. H. C. 1782 ; studied law, and es- 
tablished himself at Wilkesbarre, Penn. 
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Lucy, b. Jan. 21, 1761'; m. in Walt., June 17, 1790, Rev. Richard 

R. P^Uiott, of that town, as his second wife. 
Sybil, b. Aug. 2, 1764; d. Dec. 2, 1765. 



William Bowman m. May 5, 1753, Mary Reed, of Lex. Previ- 
ous to his marriage he resided in Narraganset No. 2, (now West- 
minster,) in which settlement his father had an interest. He was 
dismissed from the eh. of Lex. and recommended to that of Narra- 
ganset, Sept. 26, 1742. We find in a pamphlet history of West- 
minster, published in 1832, the following well authenticated anecdote 
of William Bowman.* 

" In 1748, William Bowman, from Lexington, who had been in the 
township five or six years, and who garrisoned, if not resided, with 
Capt. Hoar, was mowing one day in the field, some distance from 
Hoar's fort, when he discovered some Indians in the adjacent woods. 
They had placed themselves in such a position as to cut him off from 
his fort; and no doubt felt sure of their victim. Bowman very 
adroitly concealed his agitation, and, as though he had made no dis- 
covery, kept at work, but moving at the same time in a direction 
from the fort and his insidious foe, until he had gained the declivity 
of a hill, when he dropped his scythe, and made for Grave's fort in 
another part of the town about two miles distant, with such speed as 
to elude the grasp of his fleet-footed pursuers. Bowman soon after 
this occurrence left the place, having no desire, it would seem, to 
continue his hand with adversaries trained to every art of guile, and 
every method of cruelty and torture." 

After leaving Westminster, he returned to Lexington, and married 
as before stated. He at last moved to West Cambridge. He d. 
Oct. 12, 1793, aged 78 years. His wife d. Oct. 27, 1802, aged 76. 

Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1754 ; m. June 27, 1775, Joel Viles. 
Hannah, bap. Jan. 4, 1756; m. James Walker, of Burlington. 
Phehe, bap. June 19, 1757; m. Feb. 22, 1781, Jonathan Bridge. 
Martha, bap. Nov. 19, 1758; m. May 8, 1788, Abraham Smith. 
Betty, bap. Oct. 28, 1759; m. William Bridge, of Walt. 
Lydia, bap. Dec. 14, 1766; m. John Davis, of Methuen. 



John Bowman m. Feb. 19, 1737, Susanna Cooledge, dau. of 
Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth (Bond) Cooledge of Wat. They owned 
the covenant in Lex. Dec. 4, 1737. He d. Apr. 21, 1760. 

The Records do not enable us to Jill out the folloiving families. 

Susanna, b. Jan. 19, 1738; m. Dec. 16, 1779, Bezaleel Learned. 
Josiah, b. Mar. 21, 1740. 67 Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1742. 

Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1744. 69 Ruth, bap. Oct. 5, 1746. 

Benjamin, bap. June 5, 1757; d. Feb. 17, 1776. 
John, bap. July 15, 1759. 

Jonas Bowman m. May 19, 1739, Abigail Russell. June 17, 
1739, he owned the covenant. 

Jonas, b. July 19, 1739; m. May 18, 1758, Susanna , of Wat., 

and had Abiathar b. Feb. 18, 1759. 
Abigail, b. Jan. 19, 1741. 74 Lydia, b. Jan. 14, 1743. 



Francis Bowman m. Aug. 11, 1788, Susanna Chamberlain. She 
d. 1855. 

Salle, b. June 7, 1789; m. June 30, 1808, Wm. Clapp, of Boston. 
Isaac, b. July 27, 1790. 77 Francis, b. Apr. 23, 1792. 

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The name of Bradshaw is but rarely found on the Lex. records. 
Those of that name probably came from Camb. or Med. where the 
Bradshaws were somewhat numerous. 

Abraham Bradshaw, by wife Abigail, had Abigail, b. Feb. 14, 
1749 ; Jonathan, b. July 19, 1751 ; Susanna, b. Ap. 26, 1759. 



THE BRIDGE FAMILY. 

The Bridges, who were among the earliest settlers in what now 
comprises the town of Lexington, were the descendants of Deacon 
John Bridge of Camb. He came from P^ssex County, England, in 
what was called Hooker's Company, and settled in Camb. in 1632. 
Hooker and a great part of his company, as we have already seen, 
removed to Conn, and commenced the settlement of Hartford; but 
Mr. Bridge remained, and connected himself with Mr. Shepherd's 
church — of which he was for many years a leading member and 
officer. He was ad. a freeman in 1634. He was an influential and 
prominent man, not only in the church, but in the town and in the 
Colony. He filled almost every ofl5ce of honor and profit within the 
gift of his fellow citizens. He represented them in the General 
Court in 1637, '38, '39, and '41, and served them as selectman 
eleven years from 1635 to 1652. He was also often employed by 
the General Court to lay out lands, serve on committees, and per- 
form other important duties. He was a large landholder, not only 
in Camb. but in other parts of the Colony, He was one of the first 
to whom lands were granted at the " Farms," as this part of Camb. 
was then called. As early as 1643, he had a lot granted him on 
Vine Brook in Lex. and this lot was described as bounding upon 
his other and earlier improved lands. 

He had a daughter Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1649, who probably died 
in early infancy. His son Thomas d. 1056 The inventory of 
his estate was dated Dec. 1, 1656, and was returned by his father 
Jan. 10, 1657. Thomas left a widow, Dorcas, and a daughter of 
the same name. His wid. m. Jan. 3, 1666, Daniel Champney, of 
Camb. The v/ill of John Bridge, proved Oct. 3, 1665, mentions 
his wife Elizabeth, his son Matthew, daughter-in-law Dorcas, and 
sister Betts. His wife, it is said, had previously been the wife of 
Roger Bancroft, and of Martin Saunders ; and after the decease of 
Dea. Bridge, she had a fourth husband, Edward Taylor, of Boston. 
She was living in 1683. 

There can be no question but that the Bridges of Lex, may with 
certainty trace their pedigree to 

Dea. John Bridge, of Cambridge, who d. Apr. 1665. 



Matthew Bridge, son of John Bridge, was a lad when he came 
to this country. In 1643, eleven years after he came to the Colony, 
he was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co, 
About the same time, viz. 1643 or 4, he m. Anna Danforth, dau. 
of Nicholas Danforth, formerly of Framingham, Suffolk, England, 
He d, Apr. 28, 1700 ; and she survived him about four years, and d. 
Dec. 2, 1704. We have no means of knowing the exact time when 
Matthew Bridge took up his abode at Cambridge Farms ; but as his 
father owned lands on Vine Brook, within the territory, and these 
lands were cultivated, so far at least as to cut the grass, as early as 
1643, it is probable that he removed to the place soon after. He 
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previously subscribed towards the erection of a meeting-house. He 
was a large landholder ; and in the first parish tax in 1693, he stood 
higher on the list than any other man except Samuel Stone, Sen. 
William Munroe, Sen. and Benjamin Muzzy. Though quite ad- 
vanced in life, he was appointed on a committee to wait upon Mr. 
Hancock, and make the necessary ari'angements for his ordination 
in 1G98. As a mark of distinction, he was seated at the table in 
the raeetlng-house by the order of the Parish. 

John, b. Mar. 16, 1644. 

Anna, b. , m. June 4, 1668, Samuel Livermore of Wat. 

Martha, b. June 19, 1648 ; d. Jan. 16, 1650. 

\Matthew, b May 5, 1650 ; d. Mav 29, 1738, aged 88. 

Samuel, b. Feb. 17, 1654; died Feb. 25, 1692. 

Thomas, b. June 1, 1656; d. Mar. 28, 1673. 

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1659 ; m. June 19, 1678, Capt. Benjamin 

Garfield of Wat. He d. Nov. 28, 1717, and she m. Oct. 25, 1720, 

Samuel Harrington. 



Matthew Bridge m. 1687, Abigail Russell, dau. of Joseph and 
Mary Russell of Camb. who d. Dec. 14, 1722, aged 55. His will, 
dated and proved in 1738, mentions sons Matthew, John and Sam- 
uel, and daughters, Abigail Whitney, Elizabeth and Martha. He 
was either b. in Camb. Farms, or came here in early infancy. He 
was a soldier in the Narragansett war, and served in the ill-fated 
Canada expedition from July to Nov. 21, 1690. He was a subscri- 
ber for the first meeting-house in Lex. 1692, and was clerk of the 
precinct eight or ten consecutive years. He enjoyed in a great 
degree the confidence of his townsmen, who conferred upon him 
with a liberal hand their temporary honors. He was chosen, at their 
first organization as a town, first selectman, treasurer, and clerk 
— to which offices he was reelected on the following year. He 
served many years as Treasurer, and filled almost every town office 
from time to time. He was also a prominent member of the church 
to which he was admitted Dec. 7, 1718. 

Mary, b. June 19, 1688; m. Capt. William Russell,' of Camb. 

Anna, b. Sept. 12, 1691; m. Isaac Watson, of Camb. 

\Matthcio, b. Mar. 1, 1694; d. Mar. 25, 1761, in Walt. 

Abigail, \>. AT[iv. 1, 1696; m. Benjamin Whitney, then of Marlbo- 
rough, but afterwards of Boston, about 1730. She was his second 
wife, and had five children, — making in all fourteen children b. to 
Benjamin Whitney. She d. Aug. 1, 1767. 

^Joseph, b. July 8, 1698; m. Nov. 18, 1722, Abigail Cutler. 

\John, b. Sept. 1, 1700; d. Mar. 8, 1776, aged 76 years. 

Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1703; d. Nov. 24, 1751, unm. 

\Samud, b. May 2, 1705; d. June 8, 1791, aged 86. 

Martha, b. Sept. 20, 1707 ; d. Ap. 20, 1752, aged 44, unm. 



Matthew Bridge m. Mar. 22, 1719, Abigail Bowman. He 
resided in Lex. till 1748, when he moved with his family to Walt., 
to the ch. of which place he and his wife, together with Nathaniel and 
Sarah Bridge, were dismissed from the ch. of Lex. Like his father, 
he filled the office of selectman, town clerk, treasurer, and assessor 
before leaving his native place. She d. Dec. 13, 1797, aged 92. 

\Matthew, b. July 18, 1721 ; gradTlI C. 1741. 

Anna, b. Sept, 21, 1723; m. Brooks. 

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second, about 1730, Mary . He d. Nov. 11, 1778, aged 79. 

Thomas, b. July 8, 1723 ; went to Spencer and m. 1745, Mary Har- 
rington, of Brookfield. He removed to Shutesbury in 17/1, and 
was living there in 1795. He had a family of eight children be- 
tween 1745 and 1764. 

Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 1726 ; m. Mar. 26, 1750, Jacob Fox. 

Benjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1728; by his wife Anna he had Benjamin, 
who d. June 4, 1758. 

\Joseph, b. May 9, 1731; d. Sept. 11, 1775, aged 45. 

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JonN Bridge m. June 4, 1730, Anna Herrick, of Wenham, who 
d. in childbed, Dec. 14, 1730, aged 22, and he m. Sarah Tidd, dau. 
of Joseph and Marv, who d. Uxr. 14, 1754, aged 42 ; and he m. 

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Anna, h. Dec, 7, 1730 ; d. in early infancy. 

Mary, b. Apr. 9, 1733; m. Apr. 22, 1754, Isaac Reed. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1735; m. Apr. 11, 1754, Oliver Reed. 

\John, b. Dec. 17, 1737 ; he was twice married. 

Josiah, b. Dec. 28, 1739; grad. H. C. 17.58; ordained as a clergy- 
man at East Sudbury (now Wayland) Nov. 4, 1761. He d. June 
21, 1801. He was quite distinguished in his profession. He 
preached an election sermon. He m. Martha, dau. of Rev. Aaron 
Smith, of Marlborough, and had a family of six children. His 
youngest son, Josiah, m. Eunice Morse and moved to Lancaster, 
where he had, among other children, William F., who was b. Feb, 
15, 1821, grad. H. C. 1840, studied theology, and was settled in 
East Lex. 1849. It is a remarkable fact that though Rev. William 
F. Bridge came to Lex. a stranger, he, through the line of his 
ancestors, had been only one generation from the town. 

Ebenezer, b. Feb. 3, 1742; grad. H. C. 1756; d. 1814. He m. in 
Framingham Nov. 3, 1763, Mehitabel Wood. 



Samuel Bridge m. Susanna Reed, who d. in childbed Jan. 16, 
1735 aged 24 years, and he m. Apr. 27. 1738, Martha Bowman, 
dau. of Joseph and Phebe. She d. June 10, 1793, aged 76, and he 
d. June 8, 1791, aged 86. Samuel Bridge appears to have been 
very unfortunate in his family, losing a large number of his children 
in their infancy, 

Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 1735. 

Edmund, b. Aug. 8, 1739; m. Sept. 6, 1764, Phebe Bowman. He 
united with the ch. in Lex. in 1764. He moved to Pownalborough, 
Me., afterwards called Dresden, to the ch. of which he and his wife 
were dismissed from Lex. June 26, 1801. He was appointed by Gov. 
Hancock sheriff of Lincoln co., an office which he held about thirty 
years. He d. Sept. 10, 1826, aged 87. He had several sons, who 
were quite distinguished. His oldest son, James, was grad. H. C, 
1787, studied law with Judge Parsons, and established himself at 
Augusta, Me. He lilled the office of judge and counsellor, and 
was offered by John Quiiicy Adams, his old class-mate, a mission 
to Russia, which he declined on account of ill health. He d. 1834, 
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a lawyer in Gardner, Me. He d. 1828. Samuel, another brother, 
was a merchant in Boston, and lor a time was partner of the late 
Robert G. Shaw. He moved to Dresden, Me., where he d. 1822. 
His son, Samuel J. Bridge, b. 1812, was appointed in 1841 an 
appraiser in the Boston custom house, where he remained twelve 
years, when he was appointed appraiser-general for the Paciiic 
Coast, and resides at San Francisco. William, another brother of 
James, Edmund, &c., Avas a merchant at Augusta, and afterwards 
moved to New Orleans, where he d. 1818. Joseph Bowman 
Bridge, the last of the brothers, resided in Me., where he filled 
various offices. He was an elector for President in 1848, when 
Gen. Taylor was chosen, 

William, b. Apr. 19, 1741 ; m. Oct. 17, 1765. Mary Porter, of Lex. 
He settled in Rutland, where he d. Feb. 9, 1804. 

Nathan, bap. Mar. 20, 1743; d Sept. 14, 1771, aged 28. 

Francis, bap. Dec. 29, 1745; d. Nov. 20, 1747. 

Francis, bap. Aug. 28, 1748; m. Feb. 11, 1773, Eunice Brown. 
He resided many years in Winchendon. They had one child, 
Lucy, bap. in Lex. 1789. He d. Apr. 28, 1796. He had other 
children, among whom was Ruhamah, who m. Feb. 6, 1810, James 
Tyler, of Charlestown. 

\Matthew, bap. Mar. 11, 1753; m. Apr. 29, 1779, Alice Parker. 

Joshua, bap. Dec. 29, 1754; d. Dec. 20, 1760. 

Phebe, bap. June 6, 1756 ; m. Nov. 11, 1789, Stephen Barrett of 
Con. 

James, bap. Nov. 13, 1757 ; d. Oct. 9, 1760. 

\Jonas, bap. Sept. 2, 1759 ; m. Susanna Reed. 

Joshua, bap. Sept. 12, 1760; d. 1761. 



Matthew Bhidge grad. H. C. 1741. He studied Divinity and 
settled in Framingham, Feb. 19, 1746. He ra. Anna Perkins, of 
Bridgewater, dau. of Rev. David Perkins. He d. Sept. 2, 1775, 
and his wid. m. Rev. Timothy Harrington, of Lancaster. At the 
breaking out of the Revolution, INIr. Bridge, in common with other 
patriotic clergymen, volunteered his services as Chaplain to the 
American Army, which was stationed at Cambridge. While in the 
discharge of his duty, he was seized with an epidemic disease which 
prevailed in the camp, to which he fell a sacrifice in a week or two 
after he returned home. 



Joseph Bridge m. May 3, 1757, Eliot Reed, dau. of William 
and Sarah Reed, who was b. Apr. 28, 1731. They were ad. to the 
ch, July 23, 1758. He d. Sept. 11, 1775, aged 45. They were 
severely afflicted in the loss of their children. 

\Jonathan, b. Sept. 20, 1758; m. Feb. 22, 1781, Phebe Bowman, of 

Camb. 
Eliot, b. May 3, 1761 ; d. young. 
Eliot, b. Apr. 28, 1763; m. Feb. 7, 1786, David Blanchard, of Wo. 

Isaac, b. , 1765 ; d. Feb. 5, 1769. 

Josejyh, b. Feb. 27, 1767 ; d. Sept. 3, 1775. 
Isaac, b. Dec. 6, 1768; d. Feb. 1, 1769. 
Sai-ah, bap. Aug. 8, 1773. 



John Bridge m. Apr. 14, 1761, Hannah Reed, dau. of William 
and Sarah, who was b. Oct. 21, 1740. She d. Oct. 26, 1782; and 
he m. Mary Moore. She d. Apr. 1, 1788, leaving an infant one 
year old. He was a soldier under Capt. Blodgett, who marched for 
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called into active service during the Kevolution. He was a member 
of Capt. Parker's company, and was at the batt e of Bunker Hill 
He rose to the rank of Maj. in the militia. He filled many posts of 
honor in the town, and was for a long time a leadmg magistrate, and 
solemnized more marriages than any other Justice m the town. 

John, b. July 12, 1762; went to the State of Maine, where he ra. 

Rachel Flagg, of Boston. They resided in Wiscasset, where they 

had four children, Hannah, Fanny, John, and Rachel. John d. 

young, and Rachel m. Mar. 24, 1814, Joseph Veazie. Ihey r. m 

Boston. 
Eliab, b. Julv 2, 1764 ; d. young. ^ ^, „ «» 

Hannah, b. Ap. 30, 1771 ; m. Sept. 29, 1791 Joseph Chandler He 

d. Oct. 26, 1807, and she m. June 7, 1810, Dr. Iliomas Whitcomb, 

of Lex. and had Elizabeth, who m. Gerry. 

Mary, bap. Jan. 14, 1776 ; d. Sept. 4, 1778. 
Sarah, b. June 20, 1780; d. Dec. 1, 1780. 
Mary, bap. May 6, 1787 ; m Joh n Bridge, of Bd. 



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Matthew Bridge m. Apr. 29, 1779, Alice Parker. He moved 
to Charlestown, where he became a prominent merchant. He and 
his partner, T. K. Jones, are said to have owned the first copper- 
bottomed ship which sailed out of Boston. 

Alice, b. Nov. 18, 1779 ; ra. Ebenezer Baker, of Cliarlestown. 
Nathan, b. Apr. 18, 1782; m. Betsey Bartlet, of Charlestown. 

Qriily b, • m. Seth Knowles. 

Samuel, b. ; grad. H. C. 1816 ; d. 1830, unm. 



Jonas Bridge m. Susanna Reed, dau. of Joshua and Susanna 
(Houghton) Reed. She d. Aug. 1830. 

Their first child b. Jan. 16, and d. Jan. 17, 1784. 

Patty, b. June 3, 1785 ; d. Feb. 19, 1788. 

Susanna, b. Jan. 24, 1787 ; d. unm. 

Patty, b. Apr. 24, 1788 ; d. unm. 

Betsey, b. Apr. 23, 1790; d. Mar. 27. 1.93. 

Jonas, b. Aug. 26, 1792 ; d. July 6, ISVd 

Samuel, b. Nov. 12, 1793; d. Sept. 30, 1795. 

Bowman, b. June 18, 1795 ; went to St. Louis, where he d. 

\Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1796 ; m. Hannah Maria Wellington. 

Betsey, b. Jan. 7, 1799; d. unm. 

Caroline, b. July 28, 1800 ; d. unm. 



Jonathan Bridge m. Feb. 22, 1781, Phebe Bowman of Camb. 
They were ad. to the ch. Mar. 30. 1785. He was one of a detach- 
ment of Capt. Parker's Co.. which marched to Cambridge on the 
memorable 17th of June. 1775. He d. 1849, aged 91. 

Joseph, bap. Apr. 9, 1783. 
Nancy, b. Sept. 12, 1785 ; d. unm. 

Phebe, b. Nov. 7, 1789 ; m. Sargent^of Maiden. 

Eliot, b. Oct. 20, 1793. , , .v> y \, ^^ , ^ „ 

Jonathan, b. Feb. 1798; m.^^— Smith, of Charlestown. 



Samuel Bridge m. June 15, 1836, Hannah Maria Wellington, 
dau. of Nehemiah Wellington, b. Nov. 17, 1809. 

Caroline Eliza, b. June 3. 1837 ;~Z'sept. 2 1858. George O. Davis. 
Jonas Francis, b. Juue 27, 1839 ; d. Sept. 4, 1845. 



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Avielia Maria, h. Dec. 23, 1841 ; d. Aug. 24, 1842. 
James Bowman, h. Feb. 26, 1843 ; d. Apr. 13, 1843. 
Annie Marie, b. Sept. 8, 1846 ; m. Nov. 16, 1865, George Lyman 
Stratton, of Boston ; r. in Lex. 



THE BRIG HAM FAMILY. 

There lias been a family of the name of Brigham in Lexington, 
the extinction of which is so remarkable as to deserve notice. 

Aaron Brigham b. 1785, son of Ithamar Brigham, of Marlboro', 
m. 1808, Comfort Valentine, by whom he had three children, Catha- 
rine, William, and Sophia. Catharine was an invalid, and for years 
could not dress herself, or get olF from her bed without help. Her 
fiither, after doing business in Boston, and acquiring a comfortable 
property, purchased a small farm, and came to Lex. in 1853, hoping 
that the country air might prove beneficial to his feeble daughter. 
Mr. and Mrs. Brigham were very domestic, and seemed to make the 
comfort of their invalid daughter the great object of their care ; and 
the daughter often expressed the hope that she should not survive 
her parents. Though Mr. Brigham enjoyed good health for a man 
of his years, he was taken down with a fever, and d. Oct. 3, 1863, 
aged 78 years. His wife d. suddenly Dec. 19, 1863, aged 80 years ; 
and Catharine, the invalid daughter, as if she had nothing on earth 
to live for, d. Dec. 29th of the same year, aged 54 years. Thus, in 
less than three months, the whole family in Lex. became extinct. 



William Brigham b. Mar. 27, 1805, came to Lex. about 1830. 
He m. Aug. 4, 1835, Abby Ann Muzzey, dau. of Rev. William and 
Anna Muzzey. He is a dea. of the Unitarian church, and takes a 
lively interest in religious affairs. They have but one child, Laura 
Muzzey, b. July 20, 1836. 

Dea. Brigham is a son o^ Elijah and Mary (Gleason) Brigham, of 
Sudbury, who had a family of eleven children. Elijah was born 
Oct. 13, 1776, and was a direct descendant from John Brigham, the 
second son of Thomas who came to this country in 1635, in the ship 
Susan & EUyn, and settled in Wat. 



THE BROWN FAMILY. 

The name of Brown is so common, that in tracing the line of 
family descent, we are in great danger of confounding one person 
with another, and of becoming bewildered among the William 
Browns and John Browns, as we should be if we fell into the laby- 
rinths of the John Smiths. But being favored by the labors of one 
of the family, I have been materially aided in giving a connected 
view of the Lex. Browns. The original ancestor of this family, who 
came to this country, was 

John Brown, who was baptized at Hawkedon, Eng. Oct. 11, 
1601. He was son of John, an elder brother of Richard Brown; he 
arrived in New England in the ship Lion, Sept. 16, 1632, and settled 
in Wat. He was ad. freeman in 1634, and d. June, 1636, aged 36. 
By his wife Dorothy, he had three children, one of whom must have 
been born abroad. 



\John, b. in England, 1631. 
Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1636. 



3 Hannah, b. Sept. 8, 1634. 



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John Brown, m. Apr. 24, 1655, Esther, or as it is sometimes 
written, Hester Makepeace, of Boston. They had eleven children — 
the first four of whom were born in Camb. and the remaining seven 
in Marlborough, to which place he had removed. He sold out his 
place in Marl, to Thomas Rice, and removed to Falmouth, and from 
thence to Wat, His Will, dated at Wat. Nov. 20, 1697, in which he 
is designated as "late of Falmouth," mentions his wife Hester; 
sons John, Thomas, Daniel, and Joseph ; dau. Deborah Meacham ; 
sons-in-law John Gustin, John Adams, Thomas Darby, and John 
Hartshorne. 

Joseph, b. Feb. 8, 1656 ; killed by a cart Sept. 24, 1671. 
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 26, 1657. 7 Sarah, b. July 8, 1661. 

Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1662. 9 John, b. Nov. 27, 1664. 

Hester, b. and d. 1667. 10^ Ruth, b. Dec. 8, 1668. 

Thomas, b. 1669. 12 Daniel, b. 1671. 

Deborah, b. 1673 ; m. Meacham. 

Abigail, b. 1675. 

\Joseph, b. 1677 ; d. Jan. 11, 1764, aged 86. 



Joseph Brown m. in Wat. Nov. 15, 1699, Ruhamah Wellington, 
dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington, of that 
place. He probably settled at Wat. Farms, (now Weston,) as he 
sold a place there in 1709, soon after which he removed to Lex. On 
the 31st of May, 1713, he and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. 
and a few weeks after one of their children was baptized. He was a 
prominent member of the ch. and was chosen dea. in 1727, which 
office he held till his death in 1764. His services were also appre- 
ciated in the town. While in Wat. he was constable, selectman, 
and town clerk ; and after he came to Lex. he was called to fill 
similar offices, being assessor, and selectman. He d. in Lex. Jan. 
11, 1764, aged 86. She d. July 1, 1772, aged 91. They lived 
together, husband and wife, 64 years. 

Ruhamah, b. in Wat. July 15, 1701. 

\Daniel, b. in Wat. Dec. 21, 1703. 

John, b. in Wat, Jan, 6, 1706; d, Jan. 21, 1730. 

^Joseph, b, in Wat. Sept, 2, 1708 , ^ ^., ^ <■ I h 7 u 

Jonas, b, in Wat. May 3, 1711.1^^' ' • ■ -rZ-Ju--^'-^ ^^^V- '' ■ ' ' -^ 1 

\James, bap, in Lex. July 26, 1713; d. June 11, 1768, 

Josiah, bap. in Lex. Aug. 12, 1715; was ad. to the ch. Mar. 11, 

1730. He settled in Sterling. He was grad. at H, C. in 1735, 

preached in Sterling, and d. Mar. 4, 1774. 
^Benjamin, bap. July 3, 1720; d. 1801, aged 81. 
William, bap. Apr, 28, 1723. He removed to Framingham, where 

he was a dea, of the ch, and selectman of the town. He d, Dec, 

12, 1793, and his widow d, Feb. 1810, They had a family of 

eight children. 



Daniel Brown m, Eliot — 
the ch. in Lex, Mar, 15, 1734 
16, 1736, Anne Bright, of Wat. 



— about 1728. They were ad. to 
She d. July, 1735, and he m. July 



John, bap. Nov. 30, 1729 ; d. young. 
Ruhamah, h. Apr. 7, 1731 ; iji. Jan. 18, 1753, John Reed. 
\Nathaniel Bowman, b. July 1, 1737, 

Abisha, bap. Aug, 13, 1738, 29 Anna, h. Apr. 29, 1739. 

Daniel, b. Dec. 20, 1741. 

JEsther, b. Aug. 12, 1743 ; m. Aug. 16, 1770, Nathaniel Tottingham, 
Westminster. 



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Jenisha, b. Mar. 18, 1746 ; m. Oct. 13, 1766, Abisha Brown, Con. 
Martha, h. June 18, 1749 ; m. Nov. 27, 1766, Zachariah Brown, Con. 
JoJm, b. Apr. 12, 1751 ; killed on the Common, April 19, 1775. 
Hannah, b. Apr. 8, 1756. 36 Manj, b. May 5, 1758. 



Joseph Brown, ad. to Lex. ch. Feb. 18, 1727 ; removed to Hol- 
liston, where he was dea. of a ch. ; m. Lydia Twitchel, and had a 
family. 



James Brown m. Jan. 21, 1735, Jane Bowman, dan. of Nathaniel 
and Anne Bowman. She d. May 8, 1761, and he m. Elizabeth, wid. 
of Hezekiah Smith, of Lex., May 18, 1762. James Brown and Jane 
were ad. to the ch. Oct. 19, 1735; he was chosen dea. 1756, and 
filled that office till June 11, 1768, when his earthly labors ceased. 
His wid. d. Dec. 29, 1774. 

Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1735 ; m. Sept. 3, 1753, Samuel Thacher, of Wat. 

\Francis, b. Jan. 22, 1738; d. Apr. 21, 1800, aged 62. 

Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1741 ; grad. H. C. 1763; was ad. to the ch. in 
Lex. May 7, 1765. He m. May 7, 1765, Sarah Smith; was dis- 
missed from the ch. at Lex. to the ch. of Winchendon, over which 
he was ordained May 24, 1769. He d. 1811. 

James, b. Jan. 3, 1744; d. Jan. 22, 1749. 



Benjamin Brown, m. Dec. 22, 1742, Sarah Reed, dau. of William 
Reed, Esq. and Sarah (Poulter) his wife. He was chosen dea. Oct. 
14, 1768. He was justice of the peace. He d. Mar. 4, 1802. 

Benjamin, b. Jan. 1, 1744; m. June 12, 1769, Esther Whittemore, 
of Lex. They were dismissed to the ch. in Templeton, Apr. 26, 
1772, — since Phillipston. 

\Thaddeus, b. Mar. 12, 1745; m. Nov. 16, 1769, Bethiah Muzzy. 

Sarah, b. Mar. 24, 1747 ; ra. Nathaniel Page, of Bed. 

Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 1751 ; m. Francis Bridge, Feb. 11, 1773. 

Oliver, b. July 25, 1753 ; moved to Virginia and settled on the Ohio 
River, and gave his name to the place, viz., Broivnville. 

Solomon, b. Jan 15, 1757. He was not only one of the heroes of the 
19th of Apr. 1775, but he commenced his patriotic labors the day 
preceeding. He was the first who brought the intelligence into 
Lex. that a number of British officers were on their way frona 
Boston ; and when they had passed above Lex. he was one who 
volunteered to follow them and watch their movements. He was 
taken prisoner and detained several hours on the evening of the 
18th, which of course prepared his mind for the events of the fol- 
lowing day. Subsequently he removed to Vt. 

\James, b. Oct. 13, 1758 ; m. May 30, 1780, Betty Reed. 

Buhamah, b. Apr. 23, 1761 ; m. Sept. 20, 1780, Thaddeus Welling- 
ton, of Walt. 

Susanna, b. June 17, 1764; m. June 19, 1783, Samuel Downing. 

Nathan, b. Sept. 5. 1766 ; m. Lydia Muzzy, Dec. 25. 1788. 

Lucy, b. Jan. 17, 1770; m. Joseph Converse, of Bed. 



Nathaniel B. Brown Yn. Abigail 



They were ad. to the 



ch. Oct. 6, 1765, and dismissed 1783 to the ch. in Lunenburg. 



Susanna, bap. Oct. 24, 1766. 
Nathaniel, bap. Mar. 26, 1769. 



53 Abigail, bap. Apr. 26, 1767. 
55 An7ia, bap. Feb. 3, 1771. 



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Francis Brown m. Feb. 16, 1764, Mary Buckman, dau. of John 
a..d Mary (Fiske) Backnmn. of Lex. b. Dec. 27, l'|;J- They were 
ad to the eh. Nov. 2-4, 1765. He was one of that gallant band which 
boldly stood before the British troops on the memorable 19th ot 
April 1775. He met the enemy in the morning, and on their Higbt 
from Concord thev were again met by Capt. Parker's co. in Lincoln, 
where Brown received a very severe wound,— a ball entering his 
cheek, passed under his ear, and lodged in the back part of his neck, 
from which it was extracted the year following. But notwithstand- 
ing this severe casualty, he commanded the Lex. co. in 1776, and 
lived about twenty-five years after the event. 

3faru. b. Dec. 2, 1765 ; m. Charles Harrington. Dec. 18, 1786. 
-Elizabeth, b. Dec. 30, 1770; m. 1799, Samuel Stearns, of Walt. 
\ James, h. July 23, 1773 ; m. Pamela Munroe. 

Sarah b. Aug. 20, 1775 ; jn. Nov. 5, 179.S, Thomas Stearns, of Walt. 
Rebecca, b. Feb. 10, 1778 ; m. James Perry, of West Camb. 
Uo/m, b. Apr. 15, 1779; m. Nancy Stearns, of A\ alt. 



Thaddeus Brown m. Nov. 16, 1769, Bethiah. dau. of Amos and 
Esther (Green) Muzzy. They resided in Lex. .till 1785, when they 
removed to Templeton, to the ch. of which they were dismissed. 

42-62 Thaddeus, b. in Lex. Sept. 30, 1770. 

63 Ashbel, b. in Lex. Oct. 11, 1772 ; d. unm. 



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James Brown m. May 30, 1780, Betty Reed, dau. of Hammond 
and Betty (Simonds) Reed, b. Dec. 12, 1757. They were ad. to the 
ch Apr 4, 1781. He was subsequently a dea. of the ch. It isa 
sin crular fact that he was the fourth Brown who filled that office in 
Lex. ch. 



47-64 James, b. Apr. 22, 1781; d. Oct., 1783. 



dames, u. j^^i . ^ij, xiu.., <^. ^^.,., ^..^. ^oao 
Betty b. June 30, 1783 ; m. Sullivan Burbank, 1803. 
\James, b. Oct. 4, 1786; m. Betsey Dudley, of Con. 
\Leonard, b. Jan 3, 1788 ; m. Dorcas Muuroe. 
Eliah, b. Sept. 4, 1790 ; m. Mary White ; no issue. _^ 
Bobby, b. Dec. 1793 ; d. Sept. 1794. 
Babby, b. June 27, 1795 ; m. Ebenezer Pierce. 
Eiram, b. Feb. 12, 1798 ; d. about 1824, unm. ^ ^ V • 
Madison, b. May 1, 1802; d. about 1832, unm; was fonnd dead in 
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Nathan Brown, m. Dec. 25, 1788, Lydia, dau. of Wilham 
Muzzy. They moved to Phillipston, where they had a family 
Their first two children were born in Lex. Nathan, bap. Aug. 29, 
1790, and Lydia, bap. Jan. 10, 1793. 



James Brown, m. Oct. 19, 1799, Pamela, dau. of Edmund and 
Rebecca Munroe. They were ad. to the ch. May 2, 1813, and fave 
of their children were baptized the next Sabbath. 

Pamela, b. July 29, 1800; m. May 18, 1823, Jonas Stone Fiske. 

\Francis, b. Aug 29, 1802; m. Caroline M. Kuhn. 

Harriet, b. Sept! 28, 1804; m. Oct. 10, 1832. Edmund A Chapman. 

Charlotte, b. Nov. 11, 1806; m. Oct. 10, 1832, William Gleason. 

\EdmundM., b. Feb. 13, 1809; m. Harriet Whitney. 
<o Charles, b. June 3, 1812, d. Jan. 1, 1813. 
79\\Charles, b. May 2, 1816 ; m. Sarah Ann Sumner. 
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John Brown, m. Nancy Stearns of Waltham. 

Caroline, b. June 5, 1802. 

Mary S., b. May 9, 1804; m. July 28, 1825, John Beala. 

John S., b. Sept. 14, 1806. 

Susanna W., b. May 24, 1808; m, Apr. 23, 1831, Wm. Proctor. 

Horatio, b. July 24, 1809 ; m. Apr. 22, 1832, Susan H. Johnson. 

Ami, b. Oct. 16, 1811. 

Louisa Amanda, b. Sept. 14, 1813. 

Hannah E., b. Nov. 10, 1816. 88 Jane I., b. Nov. 23, 1822. 



James Brown, m. Elizabeth Dudley of Concord, June 9, 1811. 



Benjamin, b. Aug. 23, 1813, 
Lucy E., b. Feb. 20, 1820; m. 



90 Oliver, b. July 28, 1817. 
— Rogers of Manchester, N. H. 



Leonard Brown, m. Nov. 25, 1810, Dorcas, dau. of Nathan 
and Elizabeth (Harrington) Munroe, b. Mar. 31, 1788. 

Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1811 ; d. Mar. 2, 1820. 

Mary, b. May 9, 1814; d. Mar. 3, 1820. 

Leonard,'}). Mar. 19, 1818; d. Sept. 4, 1819. 

Leonard, b. Feb. 24, 1821 ; m. Sarah Ann Goodnow of Stow, re- 
sides at Lowell. 

Elizabeth, h. Mar. 8, 1823; m. Elias V. Blodgett. 

Mary, b. July 30, 1825 ; m. George Patch of Littleton. 

Hiram, b. July 20, 1827 ; m. Cyntha Farrar of Walt, resides in 
Arlington. 

Nathan, b. Feb. 8, 1830; m. Hannah E. Fiske, Mar. 7, 1852. 



Francis Brown, m. Jan. 1, 1833, Caroline Matilda Kuhn, dau. 
of John and Sarah of Boston, b. Dec. 15, 1812. He is a merchant 
in Boston, has represented the city in the General Court, and in the 
city government, and has for a long period held by appointment of 
Governor, the office of Inspector of butter and lard. They have 
had at least two children Francis H., b. Aug. 8, 1835; grad. at 
H. C. 1857 ; and Horace S., b. Aug. 9, 1847 ; d. May 30, 1848. 



Edmund M. Brown, m. May 1, 1835, Harriet Whitney of Wat. 
b. Nov. 15, 1812. 



Edmund M., b. Oct. 30, 1837. 
William H., b. Jan. 2, 1841. 



101 James H., b. Oct. 26, 1839. 



Charles Brown, m. May 9, 1839, Sarah Ann Sumner, dau. of 
James and Sally Sumner. She was b. Jan. 27, 1820. He repre- 
sented the town in the General Court, 1854. 

Charles F., b. Oct. 9, 1842 ; d. same day. 
Ellen Maria, b. Nov. 28, 1843. 



THE BRYANT FAMILY. 

JosiAH Bryant, son of Josiah and Lydia (Green) Bryant, of 
South Reading, was. b. June 20, 1778. He ra. Aug. 28, 1803, Sally 
Withington, of Dorchester, dau. of Edward and Eunice (Tucker) 
Withington, b. Mar. 24, 1778. He probably came to Lex. about 
the time of his marriage, as his wife was ad. to the ch. the year 
after. He d. Nov. 14, 1837. 



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Susanna T., b. July 11, 1804; m. May 18, 1834, William D. Phelps. 
Cijntliia, b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. Oct, 11, 1830, Benjamin Shurtleff, Jr. 
Sally, b. July 13, 1809; m. Feb. 8, 1830, Charles Ellms. 
\Albert Withington, b. Feb. 16, 1814; he has been twice married. 



Albert W. Bryant m. May 9, 1838, Elizabeth Wellington, dau. 
of Marshall and Elizabeth Wellington. She d. July 15, 1840, and 
he m. Aug. 23, 1841, Nancy W. Wellington, sister of his first wife. 
He has filled the office of selectman and assessor, and has been town 
clerk 23 years. He also has a commission of justice of the peace. 

JosiaTi, b. Mar. 13, 1839. He was in the service nine months in the 

late rebellion. 
Albert W., b. Jan. 4, 1844; d. Oct. 25, 1847. 
Arthur W., b. July 20, 1847. 9 Edwin P., b. Aug. 31, 1850. 

Anna Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1856. 
Clifford W., b. Oct. 11, 1859. 



THE BUCKMAN FAMILY. 

Though the Buckmans were somewhat connected with the history of 
Lexington in 1775, they were not among the early settlers. When 
they came to Lex. I have not ascertained with certainty. John 
Buckman was in the town, and was chosen to the office of hog con- 
stable in 1740, which might imply that he had just settled in the 
world, and the date of the birth of his first child rather confirms us 
in that opinion. From what place he came, I am not able to say; 
but as the Buckmans, or Bucknams, as the name was at first generally 
spelled, were very numerous in Maiden, it is highly probable that 
the Lex. Buckmans originated there. 

John Buckman m. 1739, Mary Fiske, dau. of Dr. Robert. They 
were ad. to the. ch. in Lex. May 15, 1745. He d. Feb. 17, 1763, 
aged 51 ; she d. Feb. 10, 1768, in the 48th year of her age. 

Mary, b. Dee. 27, 1740 ; m. Feb. 16, 1764, Francis Brown. 
jJohn, b. Apr. 2, 1745 ; m. July 21, 1768, Ruth Stone. 
Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1748 ; m. June 12, 1766, Jonas Stone. 
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1753. 6 Buth, b. Dec. 30, 1755. 



John Buckman, m. July 21, 1768, Ruth Stone, dau. of Samuel 
and Jane Stone. He resided in the house now occupied by Rufus 
Merriam, which he kept as a public house. It was here that Capt. 
Parker, and his patriotic men assembled on the evening of the 18th 
of April, 1775 ; and from this house they issued on the approach of 
the British the next morning. Shots were fired from this house upon 
the British, after they had attacked the Americans upon the Com- 
mon, and some of the clapboards to this day give evidence that the 
fire was returned. John Buckman stands enrolled as a member of 
Capt. Parker's company. He had but one child by his first wife, 
who d. Sept. 8, 1778, aged 33. He m. as a second wife, Sept. 28, 
1784, Sarah Weld, who d. Nov. 16, 1801, aged 43. He d. Dec. 21, 
1792, aged 48. 

John, b. Sept. 12, and d. Sept. 22, 1771. 

Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1785. 9 John, b. May 7, 1787. 

Henry, b. Aug. 6, 1788. 11 Polly, b. Apr. 19, 1790. 



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There were several other Buckraans mentioned in our records at 

an earlier date than those mentioned above ; but it is doubtful 

whether they resided here permanently. We will give the record 
as we lind it. 

Paul Buchman, bap. Apr. 26, 1734. 

Benjamin, son of Joseph Buckman, bap. June 12, 1737. 

Jacob Buckman, m Elizabeth Munroe, Jan. 1, 1787. They had 

Bowen, b. Apr. 19, 1788 ; and Dennis and Willis, twins, b. May 

13, 1791. 



THE BURBANK FAMILY. 

Col. Burbank came to Lexington in 1801. His father, Samuel 
Bnrbank, had two wives, by whom he had twelve children. His first 
wife died ; and he married Eunice Kendall, of Sherborn. She was a 
daughter of Benjamin Kendall of that town, who originated in Lex. 
being a son of Thomas Kendall, who resided in this town. Samuel 
Burbank was a soldier of the Revolution. He was a Lieutenant at 
the Battle of Bunker Hill. He afterwards commanded a company 
which marched to Rhode Island, where he served under General 
Sullivan, for whom his oldest son was named. After the birth of 
Sullivan, he moved from Holliston to Fitchburg, and subsequently 
to Cavendish, Vt. Avhere he died. Daniel, one of his sons, was 
killed accidentally at a military muster in Westminster. 

Sullivan Bukkank, the oldest son of Samuel and Eunice (Ken- 
dall) Burbank, was b. in Holliston, Oct. 8, 1776, and m. 1803, 
Betsey, dau. of James Brown, of Lex. He came to Lex. 1801, and 
opened a store in the village. In 1812 he received a commission as 
Lieutenant of infantry in the United States service. He acted at 
first as a recruiting officer in Lex. and Boston ; but marched in 
August to Plattsburg, and on the winter following was again detailed 
on the recruiting service. In April, 1813, he marched with about 
one hundred recruits first to Greenbush, N. Y., and then to Sackett's 
Harbor ; and arrived at that post just in season to assist in repelling 
the attack of Sir George Provost, on the 29th of May. Remaining 
at Sackett's Harbor during the summer, he moved with the army 
under Gen. Wilkinson down the St. Lawrence in November, 1813, 
and was in the action at Cristler's Fields on the 11th of that month, 
and went into winter (juarters at French Mills. Early in the spring, 
he returned to Sackett's Harbor, and thence to Buffalo. On the 3d 
of July, 1811, he crossed with the troops into Canada, was in the 
battle of Chippeway on the 5th of that month, and at the more san- 
guinary battle of Niagara on the 25th. Being in Col. Miller's regi- 
ment, he was one ot the gallant spirits who stormed the enemy's 
battery, which commanded the field, and thus turned the fortunes of 
that desperate struggle. In this charge, rendered memorable by the 
noble daring of the regiment, and the modesty of Col. Miller, who, 
when asked if he could silence that battery, meekly replied, " Twill 
try, >SiV," Capt. Burbank received a severe wound in the shoulder. 
For his bravery and good conduct in that action, Capt. B. received 
the brevet rank of Major. 

On the reduction of the army in 1815, consequent upon the term- 
ination of the war, Brevt. Maj. Burbank was retained in the service, 
a Captain in the 5th Regiment of infantry. On the peace establish- 
ment, Maj. B. has served at almost every part on the frontier from 
the St. Lawrence to the Sabine. He was stationed first at Detroit, 
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Snelling at the junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi, under the 
gallant Colonel in honor of whom the Post was named. He was 
then detached to Fort Armstrong, (Rock Island,) where he had the 
command about four years. In 1828, he was stationed at Jefferson 
Barracks, Mo., thence he was given the command at Fort Mackinaw. 
About this time he was promoted to the rank of Major in the 7th 
Regiment, and ordered to Fort Gibson, Arkansas ; thence to Fort 
Towson on the Red River ; thence to Fort Jessup, La., and thence 
again to Fort Gibson. At this time he was promoted to the rank of 
Lieut. Col. and ordered to Fort Winnebago, near Portage City, 
Wis. After this Col. Burbank was ordered to New York to act as 
general superintendent of the recruiting service for the army. 
Feeling the infirmities of age. Col. Burbank, in 1839, resigned his 
commission, and being honorably discharged, he retired to private 
life. He was highly respected as a man and a citizen. He repre- 
*ented the town of Lex. in the General Court in 1846, and 1847. 
He died Sept. 30, 1862, aged 86. She d. Mar., 1860, aged 77. 

Lorenzo, b. Feb. 28, 1804; m. Mary Ann Alexander, of Charles- 
town. They resided in Somerville, and subsequently in Lex. 

Daniel, h. August 29, 1805 ; d. June 14, 1810. 

Sidney, b. Sept. 26, 1807. He was graduated at West Point in 
1829 as a Lieut, and entered the service of the United States. He 
served in the Florida AVar, and during the war with Mexico was 
in command of Fort Scott. He was promoted to the rank of Capt., 
and then to that of Major. He was also in the service of his coun- 
try in the late rebellion, being true to the old flag. He m. at 
West Point, Isabella Slaughter, dau. of Sheriff Slaughter, of Cul- 
pepper Co., Va., by whom he has several children. 

Ophelia, ) ^ r\ ot i ann S d- 1818. 

Ti 1- > b. Dec. 27, 1809: < -o ^ ^- i. t, -r> ■ i- ^ 

Fauhna, ^ ' ' ^ m. , Pelatiah P. Peirce, of Lex. 

Octavia, b. Apr. 18, 1812 ; m. , 1837, Charles Sumner Jacobs, 

of Medford. She d. Jan. 20, 1857. 



THE BURDOO FAMILY. 

As God has made of one blood all nations of men, there is no 
reason why we should not notice a very respectable colored family, 
which resided many years in town, and discharged all the duties of 
citizens. 

Philip Burdoo resided on the Bedford road, nearly opposite 
the old Simonds Tavern House. His wife was ad. to the ch. 
Dec 26, 1708. The record of the family, though probably incom- 
plete, is as follows. 

-, about 1738. 



^Philip, bap. Apr. 10, 1709 ; m. Mary - 

Eunice, bap. Apr. 10, 1709 ; d. Feb. 28, 1720. 

jMoses, bap. Apr. 9, 1710; m. Feb. 13, 1754, Phebe Banister, Con. 

Aaron, bap. July 27, 1712. 6 Phinehas, bap. July 31, 1715. 



Philip Bukdoo, m. Mary . 

Philijj, bap. Oct. 21, 1739. ~~S Mary, bap. Feb. 18, 1742. 
Silas, ? and a child which d. Oct. 13, 1755. 



Moses Burdoo, m. Phebe Banister of Con. and had Eli, bap. 
July 20, 1755, and probably other children. Tradition says that 
some of this family moved to Vt. where they were highly respected, 
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THE BUTTERS FAMILY. 

JosnUA Butters was b. in Wilmington ; m. Susanna Peters, b. 
in Burlington. They resided in Boston, where their children were 
born. He d. 1840 ; she d. 1824. 

Joshua, b. . 

^Charles A., b. May 7, 1808 ; ra. Sarah A. Viles. 

Oeorge W.,h. . 

Svsan, h. ; m. John Tidd, of Wo. 

^Sydney, b. May 22, 1817 ; m. Almira R. Blodgett. 



Charles A. Butters m. Oct. 3, 1831, Sarah A. Viles, b. Mar. 
17, 1810, dau. of John Viles of Lex. 

Frank F., b. Apr. 8, 1837; m. May 4, 1862, Lizzie Hastings, of 
Con. They have Alice H., b. Nov. 11, 1864 ; Charles*A., b. Oct. 
6, 1867. 

Sarah Louisa, b. July 3, 1839. 9 Ella F., b. Sept. 15, 1844. 



Sydney Butters m. Apr. 28, 1844, Almira R. Blodgett, dau. of 
James. He was nine months in service in the late rebellion. 

Oeorge 8., b. May 2, 1845. 11 Jason W., b. Jan. 29, 1848. 

Josei^hine Augusta, b. Nov. 11, 1849. 

James Francis, b. Mar. 17, 1852 ; d. Apr. 15, 1854. 

Charles Francis, b. Mar. 23, 1854. 

William Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1856; d. July 17, 1857. 

Willietta, b. May 17, 1858; d. May 19, 1858. 

Willie, b. May 13, 1859. 

Freddy Ellsioorth, b. July 1, 1862. 



THE BUTTRICK FAMILY. 

Isaac Buttrick, b. in Pepperell, Dec. 8, 1809, went to Con. in 
1825, where his ancestors probably resided. From Con. he came to 
Lex. in 1830, andm. 1834, Abigail Locke. He was a Captain in the 
militia. 

Matilda, b. Aug. 17, 1835; d. Aug. 31, same year. 

Isaac F.,- b. Mar. 31, 1836. He enlisted for 3 years, was wounded 

and discharged. 
Charles F., b. June 8, 1838; m. Aug. 6, 1861, Eunice L. Glacier, 

Som. He was 3 years in the army of the Potomac. 
Mary E., b. Oct. 4, 1840. 
Lijdia, b. Sept. 30, 1842 ; d. July 18, 1858. 
Jonas M., b. Feb. 10, 1845. 
William, b. Jan. 11, 1847 ; d. Nov. 4, 1863. 
Ella, b. Sept. 20, 1848. 10 Volney, b. Mar. 25, 1850. 

Eugene, b. Sept. 25, 1851 ; d. Sept. 26, 1854. 
Eugenia, b. Mar 9, 1854 ; d. May 25, 1856. 
Oscar, b. Aug. 12, 1857. 



THE CALDWELL FAMILY. 

There are a few instances in which the name of Caldwell appears 
on Lex. records. They probably came from Wo. 
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Sybil, b. May 16, 1745, m. Feb. 1, 1767, Samuel Fletcher; Mary, 
b. Mar. 6, 1747; Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1749,— There were a few of the 
same name some fifty or sixty years later, who were from Burlington. 



THE CAPELL FAMILY. 

CuRTia Capell, b. Nov. 17, 1806 ; m. May 2, 1832, Mary Au- 
gusta Brown, b. Apr. 2, 1812. 

William C, b. Feb. 10, 1833. ., ^ ^ 

Mary E., b..Nov. 23, 1834; m, Sept. 1, 1855, Sylvester S. Crosby. 

Ilenry, b. Apr. 27, 1838; m. Nov. 26, 1862, Augustine Hutchinson. 

Jonas F., b. Mar. 6, 1842. He enlisted in the service of the United 
States in 1861, in the 16th Mass. Reg., was made sergeant, pro- 
moted to 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut, Capt., and Maj. by brevet. 

Francis H., h. Sept. 6, 1844. He enlisted in the 9 months' service 
in the late rebellion, and subse(iuently entered the regular army. 



THE CARLY FAMILY. 

William Carly was taxed in Lex. in 1695. He d. May 12, 1719, 
ao-ed 86. Mrs. Jane Carly, probably his wife, d. July 12, 1719, 
aged 70. Elizabeth Carly d. June 3, 1719, aged 34. Rachel Carly, 
an insane woman, had a guardian, and was taken care of by the 
town. She d. Sept. 11, 1725. Sarah Carly m. Oct. 28, 1714, 
Richard Arms. 



THE CHANDLER FAMILY. 

The Chandlers, though a prominent family in Lexington for the 
last century, were not among the early settlers of the town. _ Thej' 
came here from Con. about 1757. An impression has prevailed in 
the family that they descended from John Chandler, one of the early 
proprietors of Con. ; but I am satisfied that this is not the fact. 

The Chandlers who came to Lex. were from a different stock. 
Shattuck, in his valuable history of the town of Concord, tells us 
that the Chandlers of that town were the descendants of Roger 
Chandler, who was one of a co. most of whom were from Plymouth, 
which had a grant of land in Con in 1658 ; that Roger Chandler 
was employed by Dolor Davis to build a house there. Dolor Davis 
was originally from the Plymouth Colony, and represented Barn- 
stable in the General Court of that colony. He afterward came to 
Cambridge, and was one of the original proprietors of Groton. Do-# 
lor Davis was the ancestor of a large number of Davises, among 
whom was the late Governor Davis of Worcester, ^^r ^ . 

Who Roger Chandler was I cannot state with certainty. We find 
in the early records of Plymouth Colony the names of Dolor Davis, 
Roo-er Chandler, John Chandler, Edmund Chandler, and Samuel 
Chandler. The latter was in 1637 warned to appear before the 
court, to answer for the heinous crime of " shooting off three guns 
in the night tyme, as if it were an alarum.'" These Chandlers had 
grants of land in and about Duxbury, where that name has been 
common. Roger must have d. before 1665, as the Court of that 
year made a grant of land to his children, "he being deceased." 
The Roger who settled in Con. was undoubtedly a son of some of 
these Chandlers, and most likely of Roger, of Plymouth; and he 
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the ancestor of the Con. Chandlers, and that the Lex. Chandlers 
were a branch of the same stock. They were considerably numer- 
ous, and were highly respected in Con. 

Roger Chandler was one of a company of twenty persons, 
mostly from Plymouth, which had a grant of land in Con. in 1658. 
lie m. in 1671, Mary Simonds, of Con. He d. 1717; and she d. 
1728. They left sevei-al children. In his will, dated 1705, and" 
proved 1717, he speaks of Samuel as his only son, and of his daughter 
Mary Heald, Abigail Brown, and of his youngest dau. Hepzibah 
Jones. 

Mary, b Mar. 3, 1672; m. John Heald, of Con. 

\Samuel, b. Mar. 8, 1673 ; m. 1695, Dorcas Buss. 

Joseph, b, Aug. 7, 1678 ; d. Dec. 4, 1679. 

Abigail, b. Mar. 31, 1681 ; m. Ebenezer Brown. 

Uepzibah, b. ; m. first, Jones, second, Joseph Fletcher. 



Samuel Chandler m. Dec. 11, 1695, Dorcas Buss. He d. 1745. 
His will, proved that year, mentions sons Samuel, James, and Jo- 
seph, and dau. Mary, Huldah, and Rebecca. He was engaged in 
the land speculation so common at that day, — being one of the peti- 
tioners, in 1726, for the large tract lying between Turkey Hill (now 
Lunenburg) and Rutland. He was also one of the proprietors of 
the town of Grafton. He was town treasurer from 1723 to 1727, 
and representative from 1729 to 173G. 

Elizahetli, b. Apr. 6, 1696; d. Oct. 18, 1720, unra. 

Mary, b. Sept 22, 1699 ; m. Joseph Dudley, Oct. 2, 1718. 

Joseph, b. Oct. 11, 1701 ; d. Jan. 31, 1746. 

jSamuel, b. Oct. 19, 1704; m. Dinah . 

John, b. Jan. 11, 1707 ; d. May 3, 1730. 

Huldah, b. July 5, 1709 ; m. Sept 28, 1731, Ebenezer Flagg. 

Rebecca, b. Dec. 2, 1711 ; m. Davis. 

James, b. Aug. 28, 1714. He m. first, in 1737, Mary Flagg; she d. 
and he m. second, in 1756, Mary Whittaker, of Carlisle ; she d., and 
he m. third, in 1765, Mary Melvin. Among his children were 

■ James, Joseph, and Jonathan. James settled in New Ipswich, N. 
H., where he became a prominent citizen, and for thirty years was 
a deacon of the church. His descendants settled in different parts 
of the country. His son Roger settled in New Ipswich, and was 
the father of Rev. Seth Chandler, of Shirley. Joseph was for many 
years a dea. of the Con. ch., and a prominent citizen in the place. 
He represented the town from 1799 to 1808. He d. Jan. 19, 
1813, of a cancer, aged 64. 



Samuel Chandler m, Dinah about 1730. His will, proved 

Nov. 17, 1754, mentions wife Dinah, sons Samuel, Jonas, Nathan, 
and Daniel, and dau. Elizabeth and Mary. Son John appointed 
executor. 

\John, b. Nov^ 26, 1731 ; m. Beulah IMerriam, of Lex. 
Samuel, b. May 29, 1734. 17 Jonas, b. Feb. 27, 1737. 

Nathan, b. Julv 12, 1739. He was a soldier in the French war In 

1760; d. 1760. 
Daniel, b. Jan. 23, 1741. 

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 21, 1743; d. Dec. 21, 1752. 
Mary, b. Mar. 21, 1746; m. William Muzzey, of Hubbardston. 
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JoHN Chandler, m. July 12, 1757, Beulah Merrlam, dau. of Jo- 
seph and Marv (Brewer) Merriam, of Lex., who was b. Aug. 2, 
1730. The Chandlers spoken of above were all of Con. John 
probably resided in that part of Con. which was included in Lincoln, 
when it was erected into a town in 1751, as his marriage is recorded as 
of Lin. He came to Lex. and erected a house on the present Lincoln 
St., near his father-in-law's, where he spent his days. He held a 
commission under Gov. Bernard as " Cornet of His Majesty's Blue 
Troop." His sword, holsters, and a part of his commission are pre- 
served by the family, and were in the hands of his grandson, the late 
Samuel Chandler. Though he held a commission under the royal 
governor, he was not false to his native colony. lie belonged to the 
Spartan band headed by Capt. Parker in 1775. He was a prominent 
man in town for a long period, and filled many offices, lie was one 
of the board of selectmen in the eventful period of the R^olution, 
was a member of the committee of correspondence, and filled other 
responsible stations. He was many years treasurer of the Ministe- 
rial Fund, which he managed with great wisdom and fidelity. He d. 
Nov. 22, 1810, aged 79, and she d. Feb. 9, 1813, aged 83. He was 
ad. to the ch. 1758. 

\Jo]m, b. Dec. 31, 1758 ; m. Peggy Mack, of Salem. 

\Nathan, b. Feb. 24, 1762 ; m. Ruth Tidd. 

Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1764; m. Oct. 26, 1786, Hammond Reed. 

Samuel, b. Feb. 16, 1766 ; was grad. H. C. 1790, studied theology, 
and was ordained over the Second Church in Kittery, afterward 
Eliot, N. H., Oct. 17, 1792. He m. May 30, 1793, Lydia Spring, 
dau. of his predecessor in the parish, by whom he had a family. 
One son, Alpheus S. Chandler, was a physician in Columbia, Me. 
He d. 1829, aged 63. 

\Joseph, b. Sept 2, 1768 ; m. Hannah Bridge. 

Abielyh. June 2, 1771 ; was grad. H. C. 1798 ; d. Feb. 11, 1799, unm. 



John Chandler, m. Jan. 12, 1786, Peggy Mack, of Salem, at 
which place he was residing at the time ; but the year following they 
removed to Lex. They were ad. to the ch. Jan. 9, 1791. He d. 
Oct. 19, 1804, aged 46; she d. Apr. 27, 1853, aged 87. He was a 
member of Capt. Parker's company, and was on the Common on the 
19th of April. He was also in a detachment of the co. which were 
called to Cambridge on the 10th of May, and in another detachment 
which marched to Cambridge on the 17th of June, 1775. In 1779, 
John Chandler, Jr., Joseph Loring, and Burdoo, a colored man from 
Lex., entered the marine service under Commodore Tucker. Being 
on the southern coast, they were included in the capitulation of 
Charleston, S. C, by Gen. Lincoln, in 1780, and were confined as 
prisoners of war until they were exchanged. After enduring severe 
sufferings from confinement and want of provisions, they were ex- 
changed, and Chandler and Loring, without money, and almost with- 
out clothing, wended their way as best they could to their native 
home, depending upon the charity of the people, and reached Lex. 
in a destitute and wretched condition, after having been absent about 
one year. Such severe trials, though hardly known to the present 
generation, were common in those days, and show the ])rice our 
fathers paid for freedom. Such sacrifices on their part should inspire 
their descendants with true patriotism. 

After the close of the war, he was actively engaged in the militia; 
was elected captain in 1790, and promoted to the office of major in 
1796. He was one of the selectmen in 1796, '97, '98. 
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}Jo7in, b. Nov. 6, 1786 ; m. Susanna Whitmore Reed. 

\Daniel, b. Oct. 14, 1788 ; m. Susanna Downing. 

Sallij, b. Ap. 20, 1791 ; d. Mar, 15, 1815, uhm. 

Peggy, b. Jan. 15, 1793 ; m. May 9, 1833, Joseph Eaton, — no issue. 

Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1794; d. Oct. 19, 1818, unm. 

^Samuel, h. Oct. 26, 1795 ; m. first, Lydia Muzzey, and second, 

Abigail Muzzey. 
Jonas, b. June 23, 1797 ; d. Apr. 5, 1814. 
Ahiel, b. Mar. 21, 1799 ; d. in Taunton about 1862. 
Thomas, b. May 9, 1801 ; d. Sept. 2, 1838. 
Leonard, b. June 9, 1803 ; d. July 6, 1825. 



Nathan Chandler, m. Oct. 24, 1785, Ruth Tidd, only child of 
Lieut. William and Ruth (Munroe) Tidd, who was b. Oct, 11, 1767. 
He lived on Hancock street, where Nathan Chandler now resides, 
it being the homestead of his father-in-law. He was a lieutenant in 
the Lex. artillery in 1793. He was selectman fifteen years, assessor 
eleven years, town clerk eight years, and treasurer thirteen years, 
representative eight years, and a senator and councillor four years, 
and was for a long time one of the principal magistrates in the town. 
Thus for many years he was one of the most popular and influential 
citizens in the place. He d. Mar. "14, 1837, aged 75, and she d. 
Sept. 15, 1846, aged 80. 

Polly, b. Jan. 3, 1787 ; m. May 22, 1806, Nathaniel Mulliken. 
]William, b. Oct. 4, 1788; m. first, Elizabeth Harrington, and sec- 
ond, Mrs. Mary La Bart. 
\Nathan, b. Mar. 3, 1792 ; m. Dec. 7, 1821, Maria H. Mead. 



Joseph Chandler, m. Sept. 29, 1791, Hannah Bridge, dau. of 
Major John and Hannah (Reed) Bridge, who was b. Apr. 30, 1771. 
He d. Oct. 26, 1807, aged 39, and she m. June 7, 1810, Dr. Thomas 
Whitcomb, who d. Oct. 8, 1713, aged 48. About three weeks before 
his death, Joseph and his wife o. c. at his residence, and his four 
children were dedicated to God in baptism. 

Hannah, b, June 26, 1794 ; d. Jan. 20, 1809, unm. 
Sarah, b. May 1, 1796 ; d. Feb. 10, 1800. 
Joseph, b, Feb. 26, 1801 ; d. Nov. 16, 1822. 
John B., b. Dec. 11, 1806 ; d. Nov. 10, 1807. 



John Chandler, m. June 7, 1815, Susanna Whitmore Reed, dau. 
of Nathan and Mary (Page) Reed. He d. Feb. 28, 1817, aged 30. 
He was ardently devoted to the military, was chosen Captain when 
he was 23, and rose to the rank of Lieut. Col. and obtained his dis- 
charge when he was only 28 — a thing uncommon, especially at that 
period. He had but one child, viz. Sarah Chandler, h. Feb 27, 
1816, who is now living. His wid. d, Dec. 1863, aged 77 years. 



Daniel Chandler, m. May 19, 1817, Susanna Downing, dau. of 
Samuel and Susanna (Brown) Downing. He entered the U. S. ser- 
vice as an ensign in Mar. 1812, and on the breaking out of the war 
of 1812, marched in August to the frontier in Col. Tuttle's regi- 
ment; wintered in 1812-13 at French Mills, and was at Plattsburg 
in 1813. While on a hunting excursion he was severely wounded by 
the accidental discharge of a gun, and being unable to perform 
active duty, he was detailed on the recruiting service till 1814, when 
he returned to the frontier. On the return of peace he resigned his 
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was promoted to a Lieutenancy. He was five years superintendent of 
the Farm School on Thompson's Island in the harbor of Boston ; 
and was afterwards appointed superintendent of the House of Indus- 
try, and also of the House of Reformation in the city of Boston. 
He erected the house in Lex. where J. C Blasdel now resides, and 
was about to move into it, when he was attacked by the ship fever, 
and d. June 16, 1847, aged 59. His wid. d. Apr. 15, 1866, aged77. 

Mary Jane Mack, b. Mar. 6, 1818 ; m. Hamilton Hutchins. 

Susan D., b. Dec. 6, 1819; d. Nov. 23, 1843, unm. 

Daniel, b. Sept. 8, 1822. He r. at Buffalo, N. Y. 

Delia, twin of Daniel, b. Sept. 8, 1822 ; m. Sept. 28, 1846, Ansel 
W. Putnam, by Avhom she had 2 children, Mary H., b. Sept. 20, 
1847, and Clara D., b. Mar. 4, 1849, S^ie d. Oct. 16, 185U. 

Patrick Henry, b. Mar. 9, 1824, r. in Boston. 

Sarah R., b. Sept. 30, 1826; d. Aug. 27, 1846, unm. 

Leonard, b. Aug. 4, 1828 ; m. Jan. 1848, Lucy Le Baron. He d. 
in San Francisco, Mar. 22, 1848. 

John O., b. Dec. 31, 1831. He grad. at West Point, 1854, and 
entered the service of the United States as a Lieut, of Artillery ; 
he has continued in the service to the present time, passing through 
the various grades to that of a Colonelcy in the regular army. He 
has served in California and in divers positions through the rebel- 
lion. 



Samuel Chandler, m. Oct. 29, 1818, Lydia Muzzey, dau. of 
Amos and Lydia (Boutelle) Muzzey. She d. Aug. 12, 1830, and he 
m. Sept. 11, 1834, Abigail Muzzey, sister to his first wife. She d. 
April 24, 1840. He had 5 children by his first wife, and 3 by his 
last. Having rather a hereditary taste for military matters, he 
entered the service of the United States as an Ensign in 1814, and 
repaired to the cantonment at Pittsfield ; from thence he was detailed 
to conduct a body of British prisoners to Canada on exchange, and 
returned to Pittsfield. Soon after, the troops at that place were 
ordered to the Niagara frontier and arrived at Buffalo the latter part 
of July, the day before the battle of Lundy's Lane. But though 
this corps were not upon the lines in season to take part with the 
gallant Scott, Porter, and Ripley, on the field of Bridgewater, they 
were in season to pass through another fiery ordeal more trying than 
any single battle however sanguinary. They were ordered to Fort 
Erie, which was early in August besieged by the British under Gen- 
eral Drummond, and kept in a close state of investment about two 
months. During this period there were two desperate battles in 
which Lieut. Chandler participated — an assault by Drummond upon 
the Fort on the 15th of August, and a sortie from the Fort on the 
17th of September, which induced Drummond to raise the siege. 
The severity of the engagements may be understood from the fact 
that the American loss was returned at 595, and that of the enemy 
about 1700, including nearly 400 taken prisoners. After some slight 
skirmishes on the Niagara frontier, the army were ordered to pro- 
ceed by forced marches to Sackett's Harbor, from an apprehension 
that that post might be attacked by the enemy. On the return of 
peace, Lieut. Chandler was discharged, after a short but active and 
trying campaign, in which for five months in succession he and others 
never slept but with their clothes on. Though he held a commission 
as Lieut., during the greater part of the campaign he had the com- 
mand of a CO., and during his term of service was promoted from a 
3d to 1st Lieut. He was subsequently Major General in the Militia, 
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resented the County in the Senate of the State, and held the office 
of Justice of the Peace and Trial Justice. He was many years an 
active member of the Middlesex Agricultural Society. He d, July 
20, 18G7, in his 72d year. 

John L., b. Oct. 6, 1820; m. Abby M. Kimball, dau. of Porter 
Kimball, of Fitchburg. He resides at Memphis. He was in Mo. 
at the breaking out of the rebellion, when he entered the service, 
where he continued till the troops were discharged. He com- 
menced as a Lieut., was in several severe battles, and for gallantry 
was advanced from time to time, till he reached the rank of Lieut. 
Col. He was on Fremont's staff, and afterwards Provost Marshal 
at Little Rock, Ark. 

Amos M., b. Nov. 26, 1821; d. Oct. 10, 1825. 

Almira M., b'. Feb. 12, 1824. 

Amos M., b. Dec. 21, 1825; d. Aug. 11, 1836. 

Joseph, b. July 29, 1829; m. Oct. 27, 1865, Eleanor Ball. 

Henry L., b. Oct. 31, 1835. He went to Calcutta, where he spent 
some 8 years. Was there during the rebellion against British 
authority. 

Samuel E., b. Sept. 2, 1837;' m. 1864, Laura J, Alley. 

Edicard T., b. Feb. 28, 1840. 

Joseph, Samuel, and Edward, were in the service of the U. S. in 
the late rebellion. Joseph was taken prisoner at the 2d Bull Run 
battle. Samuel was wounded and taken prisoner at the 1st Bull 
Run battle, and was carried to Richmond, where he was confined 
about 6 mo. He reenlisted into the 12th Reg., was made Quarter- 
master Sergeant, and was discharged to accept the office of 1st 
Lieut, in the 7th Mo. Cavalry, and served as Adjutant. He should 
have been mentioned among the Lex. promotions in p. 308. 



William Chandler, m. Oct. 17, 1813, Elizabeth Harrington, 
dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth (Phelps) Harrington, of Woburn. 
Though Nathan Harrington resided within the bounds of Woburn, 
he was of the Lex. family, and his associations were with the Lex. 
people. She d. Sept. 30, 1847, aged 59, and he m. June 15, 1848, 
Mrs. Mary La Bart, of Lowell. She was a Munroe of the Lex. 
stock, and a granddau. of John Munroe. With a sort of family 
instinct he enlisted into the Rifle company, and in 1826 became the 
commander of that co. He has filled almost eyery office in the gift 
of the town, having been selectman, and many years assessor. He 
has represented the town in the Legislature, and has been for many 
years one of the principal magistrates in the place. 

Tryphena Harrington, b. Mar. 8, 1814 ; d. Mar. 2, 1830. 

William, Tidd, b. June 17, 1816 ; m. Eliza Ann AVest, of Charles- 
town, where they reside. They have had seven children, four of 
whom are now living. 

Mary, b. May 22, 1819; m. Oct. 18, 1848, Warren Duren. then of 
Wo. but now of Lex. She was his 2d wife. No issue. 

Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1822 ; m. Abijah Blanchard, of Charlestown, 
where thev reside. They have three children. 

J. Quincy Adams, b. Sept. 17, 1824; m. Mar. 26, 1866, Sarah P. 
Dudley. They have one child. 

Nathan, b. Mar. 22, 1827; m. first, Dec. 17, 1852, Mary Jane 
Francis. She died, leaving one child, and he m. second, Jan. 
16, 1855, Mrs. Clara Wyman Kimball, of Winchester. He resided 
in Boston, and had two children, one by each wife. He d. June 
27, 1861. 



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Nathan Chandler, m. Dec. 7, 1821, Maria H. Mead, dan. of 
Josiah Meade. He resides on the old Tidd place on Hancock st. 
where his grandfather Tidd resided. He has no children. True to 
the spirit of the family, he was somewhat devoted to the military, 
having been captain of the Rifle company. 



THE CHILD OR CHILDS FAMILY. 

The family of this name have been very numerous in Watertown, 
Waltham, and several other neighboring towns ; but none of them 
were permanently in Lex. till about the middle of the last century. 
Abijah Child appears to have been the first who permanently located 
in the place. He came from Walt, about the time of his marriage 
in 1763, and was a descendant of one of the early settlers of Wat., 
of which Walt, was then a part. Joseph Child, of Wat., m. July 3, 
1654, Sarah Platts, by whom he had several children, among whom 
was Joseph, b. June 6, 1659. Joseph Child was a carpenter by 
trade, and ra. Sept. 23, 1680, Sarah Norcross. She dying, he m. 
July 25, 1705, Ruth Maddock. He had eight children, four sons 
and four dau. His youngest son, Isaac, m. July 2, 1729, Eunice 
Pierce. She d. Sept 19, 1793 ; he d. Feb. 7, 1789. They had eight 
children, five sons and three dau. Their fifth son, Abijah, settled iu 
the south part of Lex. 

Abijah Child m. Oct. 27, 1763, Sarah Cutler, dau. of Benj. and 
Mary Cutler, of Lex. The record of the marriage speaks of them 
as " both of Lex.," by which we infer that he came here, a young 
man, before he married. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. Oct. 
14, 1764. Mr. Child was a respectable citizen, and filled several 
town offices. They had seven children, and were called to pass 
through a scene of affliction which rarely falls to the lot of parents. 
Six of their children were taken from them by death in the short 
space of twelve days.- These children were interred in the old grave 
yard, and one long stone tells the sad tale of human mortality and 
parental affliction, well calculated to produce sober reflection and 
awaken sympathetic emotions in every parental breast. He d. Aug. 
30, 1808 ; she d. Mar. 3, 1812 ; he in his seventy-first, and she in her 
seventy-eighth year. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 17, 1764; d. AugTis, 1778. 
Eunice, b. May 15, 1766 ; d. Aug. 23, 1778. 
Abijah, b. Aug. 1, 1767 ; d. Aug. 29, 1778. 
Abigail, b. June 18, 1771 ; d. Aug. 29, 1778. 
Benjamin, b. Nov. 16, 1773 ; d, Aug. 24, 1778. 
Moses, b. Sept. 1, 1776 ; d. Aug. 19, 1778. 
Isaac, b. Oct. 11, 1777 ; d. Nov. 20, 1811. 
This branch of the family became extinct. 



There have been Childs in town since that period, who belong to 
the same original family. Some of them have spelt their name with 
an s, Childs, but they are without doubt from the same stock. As in 
the preceding family, Joseph Childs, of Wat., by wife Sarah Platts, 
had Joseph, b. 1659, who m. 1680, Sarah Norcross, and had Joseph, 
b. June 21, 1685. He m. Mary Thatcher, and had, among other 
children, Jonathan, b. July 3, 1714, who by his wife Elizabeth had 
five children. Joseph, his youngest son, b. Dec. 1761, m. Oct. 3, 
1782, Lucy Parminter. Moses, son of Joseph and Lucy, b. June 
13, 1787, m. Aug. 5, 1810, Mary B., dau. of Thomas' and Mary 
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liams was a direct descendant from Abraham Williams, one of the 
proprietors of Marlb. Moses Childs d. Feb. 14, 1811, and his wife 
Sept. 21, 1807, each aged 51. 

Luke: Carter Childs, a son of Moses and Mary, was b. Mar. 16, 
1811. He had one sister, Elizabeth W., b. Dec. 22, 1812. He m. 
Dec. 10, 1835, Rebecca A. Hale. He did business in Boston several 
years, and came to Lex. in 1819, and settled upon a farm. He built 
a neat rural cottage in a central part of his farm, which prestints a 
fine appearance from the street. 

Caroline R., b. Dec. 3, 1836; dTTeh. 21, 1838. 
Henry M., b. May 17, 1839; d. Nov. 16, 1844. 
Ellen R., b. Oct. 17, 1841 ; d. Sept. 14, 1849. 
Mar?/ E., b. Sept. 19, 1843. 

Edward H., b. Apr. 23, 1846; d. Sept. 12, 1849. 
Frank C, b. Apr. 21, 1849. 



There is still another Lex. family of the same name, and from the 
same parent stock. Augustus Childs, son of Isaac and Betsey 
Childs, of Walt., was b. Oct. 9, 1818; m. Mar. 9, 1854, Eliza Ann 
Blodgett, dau. of Charles and Eliza Blodgett. She d. May 20, 
1865, and he m. May 10, 1867, Mary Cunningham. He had by first 
wife, Charles A., b. Jan. 21, 1855; d. Oct. 18, 1861. Carlton A., 
b. May 20, 1865. 



THE CLAFLIN FAMILY. 

The name of Claflin scarcely appears on the records of Lex., 
and yet it seems that there was at an early day a family of that name 
in the place. Antipas Claflin and Sarah, his wife, were ad. to the 
ch. July 31, 1709; and the town records show that they had the 
following issue. 



Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1706. 
Noah, b. Apr. 12, 1710. 



3 Robert, b. Mar. 13, 1708. 
5 Nehemiah, b. Sept. 28, 1713. 



THE CLARKE FAMILY. 

We have had occasion to speak frequently of the Rev. Mr. Clarke, 
the devoted priest and ardent patriot, whose life and services are 
interwoven with the history of Lexington. We will now present a 
genealogical view of the family. His ancestors were respectable, 
and possessed those stern qualities which form the basis of the New 
England character, to which we ai'C indebted for much that is valua- 
ble in society, even at the present day. 

Hugh Clarke, the ancestor of Rev. Jonas, came to this country 
early, and settled in Wat., where he had three children. He after- 
wards moved to Rox. He was admitted a freeman May 30, 1660, 
and was a member of the An. and Hon. Artillery Co. 1666. He d. 
in Rox. July 20, 1693. His wife, Elizabeth, d. 1692. 

]John, b. in Wat. Oct.. 1641. 

Uriah, b. June 6, 1644 ; was made freeman in 1685, and d. in Fra- 

mingham, Feb. 24, 1725. 
Elizabeth, b. June 31, 1648; m. Joseph Buckminster, of Rox. 



John Clarke resided first in Rox. and afterwards moved to 
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I am unable to give. He m. second, Lydia Bucknainster in 1680, 
and m. third, Elizabeth Norman in 1684. 

fJb^n, of Newton, m. 1697, Ann Pierce, of Dorchester. 
William, b. June 20, 1686 ; d. 1737. 
Ann, b. 1688; ra. Apr. 24, 1712, John Billings, of Con. 
Martha, b. 1690. 8-1 Esther, b. 1692. 

Hannah, b. 1693. 9d Moses, b. 1695. 



John Clarke m. Ann Pierce, of Dorchester, in 1697. 

Mary, b. 1698. 

John, b. Sept. 22, 1700; d. in Walt. May 31, 1773. 

\Thomas, b. 1704; m. 1728, Mary Brown; d. at Hopkinton, June 

30, 1775. 
Isaac, h. 1707; m. first, Experience Wilson; moved to Hop., had 

a second wife and numerous children. 
Atherton, m. Patience ; settled in Hop. and had children. 



Thomas Clarkk m. 1728, Mary Bowen, b. Dec. 1704. He d. at 
Hop. 1775, to which place he and his two brothers had removed. 
He was a captain when that office gave distinction and commanded 
respect. 

Peter, b» 172^:^'/^ 

\ Jonas, b. Dec, 14^^730 ; grad. H. C. 1752 ; settled at Lex. 

Thomas, b. June 8, 1732. 

Pennel, b. Mar. 18, 1734; d. 1736. 

Mary, b. 1736; d. same year. 20 Mary, b. Oct. 11, 1737. 

Pennd, b. July 5, 1739 ; d. 1742. 

Sarah, b. and d. 1742. 



Jonas Clarke m. Sept. 21, 1757, Lucy Bowes. She was a dan. 
of Rev. Nicholas Bowes, of Bed. Her mother was Lucy Hancock, 
dau. of Rev. John Hancock, of Lex. Mr. Clarke was ordained at 
Lex. Nav. 5, 1755. In taking charge of the church and society in 
Lex. he became the immediate successor of Ws grandfather on the 
side of his wife. He d. Nov. 15, 1805, in the seventy-fifth year of 
his age, and the fifty-first of his ministry. She d. Apr. 27, 1789. 

We have spoken so fully of the life and services of Rev. Jonas 
Clarke in the civil and ecclesiastical history of the town, that it is 
unnecessary to extend a notice of him in this place. He had a family 
of twelve children, several of whom were distinguished in themselves 
and descendants, as will be seen by the following brief sketch. 

Thomas, b. July 6, and d. Nov. 13, 1758. 

Thomas, b. Sept. 27, 1759; he moved from Lex. to Boston, and 
engaged in trade. He ra. Sally Conant. In 1809 he was chosen 
town clerk, and continued in that office thirteen years. In 1822, 
Boston was converted into a city, and Mr. Clarke was chosen 
Clerk of the Common Council, an office which he held till his death, 
which happened in 1832. He held the two offices of town clerk 
and clerk of the common council twenty-three consecutive years, 
and died in office, in the seventy-third year of his age. The Presi- 
dent of the common council, at a meeting of that board, June 1, 
1832, announced the death of Thomas Clarke, Esq., and paid the 
following tribute to his memory: "His private virtues and his 
long-tried and faithful public services are too well known and too 
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has gone down to the grave in the fullness of years, and his memory 
is honored by the universal respect of his fellow-citizens." 

Jonas, b. Nov. 27, 1760. He moved, when a young man, to Kenne- 
bunk. Me., where he m. Sally Watts. He enjoyed the confidence 
of the public, and was called to fill places of honor and trust He 
was collector of the port, and judge of probate for the county 
of York. 

Mary, b. May 4, 1762; m. Mar. 31, 1789, Rev. Henry Ware, of 
Hingham. He received the appointment of Hollis Professor of 
Divinity in Harvard University, and moved to Camb. and entered 
uppn the discharge of his duties in 1805. He was a man of distin- 
guished ability and of great moral worth, and adorned the office he 
was called to fill. He received from the University the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Divinity. She d. July 13, 1805, about the 
time he movetl to Camb. and was buried in the family tomb at 
Lex. By his wife; Mary Clarke, Dr. Ware had ten children — 
three sons and seven dau. four of, whom d. in infancy. Henry 
Ware, Jr. their oldest son, grad. H. C. 1812, was ordained over 
the Second Church in Boston, 1817 ; but his health failing him, he. 
left his society and visited Europe. On his return, he was ap- 
pointed Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care in Har- 
vard University. He d. Sept. 22, 1843, greatly lamented by all 
who knew him,. 

William Ware, another son of Henry and Mary (Clarke) Ware, 
studied theology and settled first in New York: city, and after- 
wards at Walt, and West Camb., Mass. He was also distin- 
guished as a writer. 

John, of Henry and Mary, turned his attention to the healing art, 
and settled in Boston, where he became one of the most distin- 
guished in his profession. He l&ng filled the office of Professor 
of the Theory and Practice of Physic in the Medical Department 
of Harvard University. 

Lucy Ware, of Henry and Mar)', m. Rev. Joseph Allen, D.D., of 
Northborough, by whom she had several children, two of whom, 
viz. Joseph H. Allen and Thomas P. Allen, are clergymen. Har- 
riet Ware, sister of Lucy, m. Rev. Dr. Hall, of Providence, R. I. 
She d. June, 1838. One of their sons has entered the ministry. 

Elizabeth, b. ,Tune 24, 1763. She united with her father's church 
Apr. 25, 1784. She d. Dec. 5, 1843, unm. aged 80. 

William, b. June 20, 1764* He engaged in commercial pursuits in 
Boston, and in the prosecution of his business went to Amster- 
dam. He was subsequently appointed Consul to Emden, the 
chief seaport of the kingdom of Hanover, and d. at Porto Rico in 
1822, in the fifty-ninth year of his age. He was never married, 

Peter, h. Nov. 25, 1765. He commenced mercantile business in 
Berwick, Me., where he m. his first wife; from Berwick he moved 
to Portsmouth, N. H. In the prosecution of the business of his 
calling, he sailed for Cadiz ; on the voyage he was captured by the 
French, and thrown into prison at Guadaloupe, where he con- 
tracted a disease of which he died on his passage houie. He m. 
for his second wife, Nancy Harris, of Concord, N. H. 

Lucy, b. May 2, 1767; m. June 17, 1787, Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of 
West Cambridge, a faithful and popular clergyman. 

Lydia, b. Mar. 20, 1768; m. Aug. 13, 1789, Rev. Benjamin Green, 
of Medway. He subsequently left the ministry and entered the 
legal profession. He moved to Maine, where he was appointed 
Judge of one of their Courts, and afterwards Marshal of the 
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Martha, h. Oct. 28, 1770; m. Nov. 3, 1791, Rev. William Harris, 
of Salem. He was a clergyman of the Episcopalian Church. He 
was invited to the city of New York, and finally made President 
of Columbia College in that city. 

Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1774. She united with the church, May 17, 
1807, and d. unm. Jan. 28, 1843, aged 69. 

Isaac Bowen, b. June 29, 1779. He commenced business in Boston, 
and d. suddenly, July, 1800. 

Henry, b. Nov. 29, 1780; m. May, 1812, Susan Grafton, of Salem. 
He commenced business in Boston, and afterwards moved to Ken- 
nebunk. Me., where he was cashier of a bank. In 1834, he re- 
turned to Boston, where he is now living in his 89th year. Mr. 
Clarke long held a commission as Justice and Notary. He has 
had but two children, both of whom are now living. Henry Graf- 
ton was born May 14, 1814. He studied medicine, and resides in 
Boston, occupying a good position in his profession. Jonas 
Bowen, b. Jan. IG, 1816, was grad. at Dartmouth, 1839. He 
entered the ministry, was first settled in Conn. ; but his health 
failing him, he returned to Massachusetts, and was settled in 
Swampscot. 

From this glance at the subject, it will be seen that but few fami- 
ilies can boast of distinction such as has fallen to the lot of Rev. 
Jonas Clarke's. 



Other persons by the name of Clarke. 

There were several persons by the name of Clarke in the town at 
difiFerent times, whose lineage we have not ascertained. In 1725, 
the selectmen laid out a *' way for the accommodation of the farms 
that Daniel Hoar and Judah Clarke live on." In the earliest tax bill 
now extant, 1729, we find Judah Clarke and Judah Clarke, Jr., 
taxed, the former having two houses, and the latter one. They 
lived in a part of the town now included in Lin. 

We will give what our records contain in relation to the Clarkes, 
without attempting to classify them. 

Richard Clarke, of Richard and Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1719. 

Mary Clarke, of James and Jerusha, b. July 19, 1733. 

Ruth Clarke, admitted to the ch. by a recommendation from the 
Pastor of Rowley, Nov, 7. 1725. 

Mary Clarke, ad. to the ch. Feb. 8, 1728. 

Jonathan Clarke, bap. July 15, 1733, his parents o. c. 

Mary Clarke, of James, bap. July 22, 1733. 

Hannah Clarke, bap. Jan. 19, 1735. 

Eunice Clarke, ad. to the ch. May 30, 1736, and dismissed to Har- 
vard, Aug. 9, 1741. 

James Clarke, dismissed to the ch. at Medfield, Jan. 18, 1746. He 
married Jerusha Bullard of Medfield, Nov. 19, 1730. Mary and 
probably Hannah, in the preceding list, were their children. 

Judah Clarke, of Lex. m. Nov. 21, 1752, Mary Dudley, of Con. 



THE COMEE FAMILY. 

John Comee was in Camb. Farms at the organization of the 
Precinct in 1693, and was taxed to pay the minister for that year; 
and also for the purchase of the ministerial land the same year. In 
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a subscriber to pay for the land purchased for a Common. He m. 
Jan. 21, 1688, Martha Munroe, eldest dau. of William and Martha 
Munroe. His ^y\i'e was ad. to the ch. Feb. 1, 1699, and he o. c. 
shortly after; and on the 26th of Feb. 1699, four of their children, 
John, David, Hannah, and Martha, were bap. We have no record 
of their iSrths. He is probably the John Comee who d. July 20, 
1723. She d. Mar. 27, 1730. He was of Con. in 1688, where he 
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Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 1706. 



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7 Abigail, bap. Oct. 26, 1707. 



David Comee m. Ruhama Brown ? We have found no record 
of the marriage, but presume it was about 1719, from the birth of 
their first child, and from the other significant fact, that he was, in 
1720, called to the responsible office of looking after the swine — a 
custom long prevailing of giving this honor to a newly married man. 
She was ad. to the ch. Aug. 14, 1720, and d. 1730. He m. second, 

Sarah , by whom he had most of his children. The record 

of the family is not perfect. It seems that they buried at least two 
children in early infancy, one in 1720, and one in 1730. Whether 
they were some which are mentioned below is not perfectly clear. 
Sarah, his second wife, was ad. to the ch. May 28, 1738. 

David, b. July 30, 1719; d. 1720. 9 John, bap. Sept. 26, 1725. 

\ Joseph, bap. Aug. 4, 1728. 

Bevjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1733 ; m. Mar. 25, 1762, Hannah Watts, of 

Chelsea. 
Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1735 ; m. Dec. 4, 1755, Isaac Parkhurst, Wat. 
Martha, b. Apr, 11, 1737. 14 Ezekiel, b. Apr. 27, 1740. 

Ruhama, b. Apr. 15, 1742. 

\David, b. Apr. 21, 1744; d. Mar. 8, 1826, at Gardner, aged 81. 
Jonathan, b. Apr. 4, 1746.' 



Joseph Comee m. Marv 



— . Joseph Comee was one of that 
patriot band who appeared in arms on the 19th of April, 1775. 
At the time of the approach of the British, he and two others were 
in the church to replenish their horns with powder. Seeing that the 
British were about to surround the house, Comee, in attempting to 
escape amid a shower of balls, was wounded in the arm. 

^Irc \ Prob'^^^y t^'"^' \ ^^P- ^^*- 27. 1751. 
Joseph, b. July 1, 1753. 21 Mary, b. June 22, 1755. 

Aaron, b. Aug. 15, 1757. 23 Betty, b. Mar. 23, 1760. 

Ruhama, bap. Nov. 14, 1762. 25 Benjamin, bap. July 7, 1765. 



David Comee went to Camb. ; m. first, Christiana Maltman, of 
Boston, and m. second, Hannah Maltman. He had fifteen children. 
He was in the battles of Lex., Bunker Hill, and Bennington. He 
moved to Gardner, where he d. Mar. 8, 1826, aged 81. His de- 
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THE COOLEDGE FAMILY. 

John Cooledge, the ancestor of Rev. Josiah Cooledge, came to 
this country about 1630, and settled in Wat., of which he was a pro- 
prietor, and a leading citizen. By his wife Mary he had eight chil. 
Nathaniel, his fifth son, m. 1657, Mary Bright, and d. 1711. They 
had thirteen chil. Thomas, son of Nathl., b. Apr. 24, 1670, m. 
1699, Sarah Eddy, who d. 1711; and he m. 1713, Mary Smith. 
They moved to Sherborne. He d. 1737. He had by his first wife 
three chil. David, the only son of Thomas, was b. June 25, 1705 ; 
m. Mary Mixer, and had six chil. David, the oldest child of the 
preceding, was b. Sept. 3, 1738, and d. of small-pox, 1788. He m. 
1765, Dorothy Stearnes. They r. in Wat., and had eleven chil. 
Peter, the youngest son of David, was b. July 2, 1787, m. June 28, 
1813, Mary T. Munroe, of Camb. She d. Jan. 24, 1823, and he m. 
July 1, 1824, Mary P. Fiske, of Framingham, where he resided. 
He had six children. 

Josiah Cooledge, the second child of Peter, was b. Oct. 20, 
1816, and m. May 1, 1844, Mehitable A. Fowle, of Boston. He 
entered the ministry and preached for a time in Shirley and other 
places, and was settled over the Universalist Society in Lex. in 1849. 
where he remained about four years. After leaving Lex. he moved 
to Mebose. He d. Oct. 5, 1865. 

Julia, b. Mar. 11, 1845; d. Sept. 11, 1847. 
Helen 31., b. Mar. 5, 1847. 

^ Anna Hall, b. June 3, 1850. ? . . 

f Julia, b. June 3, 1850. ^ 

Henry, b. June 14, 1853 ; d. Oct. 8, 1854. 



THE COOPER FAMILY. 

There was a family of Coopers in Lex. wbose lineage we have not 
traced, who urobably came into the place about 1700. They may 
have come from Camb. 

John Cooper m. Elizabeth . He sold his hoase and land 

in Lex. to John Palfrey, in 1719, and undoubtedly left town about 
that time. He lived in the southwest part of Lex. 

Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1099. 3 Hannah, b. Dec. 29, 1702. 

Sarah, b. Apr. 9, 1704. 6 Timothy, b. Apr. 9, 1706. 

Joshua, b. June 25, 1709. 7 Abigail, b. July 10, 1711. 
Buth, b. Sept. 23, 1714. 



CROSBY, is a name which appears a few times upon our records ; 
but there appears to have been no permanent family of that name in 
Lex. 

Sampson Crosby, son of Sampson and Lucy, b. June 5, 1761. 

Joel, " • " " b. Feb. 9, 1763. 

George Adams amd Elizabeth Crosby, both of Lex. m. Nov. 18, 1762. 
Ephraim Cook, Camb. and Hannah Crosby, of Lex. m. Jan. 20, 1778. 
They may have belonged to the Crosby family living in Bedford. 
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THE CROWNINSHIELD FAMILY. 

Abraham W. Crowninshield, son of William and Sarah (Plumer) 
Crowninshield, was b. in Portland, Dec. 16, 1801. He ra. Nov. 9, 
1823, Sarah Byles Peters, b. in Portland, July 16, 1804. They 
settled in Charlestown, where their children were born. He was. 
engaged in the furniture and upholstery business. In 1846 he came 
to Lex. and purchased a small farm, still continuing his business at 
Charlestown some years. He has filled the office of assessor several 
years, and has represented the district in the General Court. 

Sarali, b. Aug. 28, 1824 ; d. Sept. 20, 1824. 

Caleb S., b. Nov. 17, 1825; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Julia H. Christy. 

They r. in Brighton. 
Mary P., b. Feb. 3, 1828; m. Sept. 3, 1850, William H. H. Reed, 

of Lex. They have had several children, some of whom they have 

buried. They r. in Charlestown. 
William B., b. July, 1830; d. Jan. 2, 1838. 
Charles F., b. Aug. 6, 1834; d. Dec. 9, 1837. 
George W., b. Dec. 23, 1836; d. Dec. 12, 1837. 
Sarah C, b. Apr. 23, 1839; m. June 20, 1865, Henry M. Loring, 

of Charlestown. 



THE CUTLER FAMILY. 

The Cutlers, always somewhat numerous in Lex., were among the 
earliest settlers in the place. They came to Lex. from Wat., and 
were the descendants of James Cutler. There is a tradition in the 
family, and English records, if they do not confirm, rather favor the 
position, that Sir Gervase Cutler, who married a daughter of the Duke 
of Bridgewater, was the ancestor of the Cutlers who came to America. 
But be this as it may, we feel assured that as early as 1635, James 
Cutler was in Wat., and was an original grantee of land in the 
northerly part of Wat. , on the road to Belmont, and in 1649, James 
Cutler and Nathaniel Bowman purchased of ^dward GofFe 200 acres 
of land in Cambridge, adjoining Rock-meadow, near the Wat. line. 
In 1651, he sold his share to Bowman for £39. This was probably 
the land on which Bowman settled, near the present line of Arling- 
ton. It is probable that Cutler, and perhaps Bowman, moved from 
Wat. about this date. Cutler settled at Camb. Farms, near Concord, 
now Bed., line. A part of this farm was owned till recently by the 
wid. of John and heirs of Leonard Cutler. His house was situated 
in the lot back of the present house, — the door step and appearances 
of the cellar still remain. This must have been one orthe first houses 
erected in the precinct. 

He was b. about 1606, and probably married before he came to 
this country. His wife, Anna, was buried Sept. 30, 1644; and he 
m. second. Mar. 9, 1645, Mary King, wid. of Thomas King, of Wat., 
who d. Dec. 7, 1654, He m. third, Phebe Page, dau. of John, about 
1662. He d. May 17, 1694, aged about 88. His will, dated Nov. 
24, 1684, presented by his sons John and Thomas, and proved Aug. 
20, 1694, mentions children James, Thomas, John, John Collar, 
Richard Park's wife, John Parmenter's wife, Sarah Wait, Mary John- 
son, Hannah Winter, Joanna Russell (Philip's wife), Jemima, Sam- 
uel, and Phebe. " This list includes two children of my wife, 
formerly wife of Thomas King, one of whom was Mary Johnson." 
(The Mary here alluded to was b. Feb. 2, 1643, and was m. Oct. 19, 
1659, to John Johnson.) 



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\James, b. Nov. 6, 1635 ; m. June 15, 1665. Lydia Wright. 

Hannah, h. July 26, 1638 ; m. John Winter, Jr. 

Elizabeth, b. Jan. 28, 1640; d. in infancy. 

Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1644 ; m. John Collar. 

Elizabeth, h. July 20, 1646 ; m. about 1667 John Parmenter, 3d, of 

Sud. 

^Thomas, b. about 1648 ; m. Abigail . 

Sarah, b. about 1653 ; m. Thomas Waite, of Camb. Farms ; ad. to 

the ch. in Wat. Feb. 2, 1690; d. in Weston, Jan. 17, 1744. 
Sarah, h. — ; m. Richard Park, and d. previous to 1690. She was a 

dau. of Thomas and Mary King, probably. 
Joanna, b. about 1660; m. Apr. 19, 1680, Philip Russell, and d. 

Nov. 26, 1703, in her forty-second year. 

Jemima, b. . 

\John, b. May 19, 1663; d. Sept. 21, 1714. 
Samuel, b. Nov. 18, 1664. 
Phebe, b. . 



James Cutlek, of Camb. Farms, m. June 15, 1665, Lydia 
Wright, wid. of Samuel Wright, of Sud., and dau. of John Moore, 
of that town. He d. July 31, 1685, aged 50. His will, dated July 
28, and proved Oct. 6, 1685, mentions wife Lydia, and chil. James, 
Samuel, Thomas, and Ann, and refers to other children without 
naming them. 

James, b. May 12, 1666; d. Dec. 1, 1690. 

A7m, b. Apr. 20, 1669; m. Sept. 26, 1688, Richard Blaise, of Wat. 

Samuel, ? i tit o ir7--? S ^- ^* ^^^- Nov. 20, 1700. 

Joseph, I ^- ^^^^^ ^. At5'^ ; ^ probably d. Sept. 22, 1738. 

\John, b. Apr. 14, 1675. He removed to Killingly, Ct. 

'[Thomas, b. Dec. 15, 1677; m. Sarah Stone. 

Elizabeth, b. Mar. 14, 1681. 



Thomas Cutler ra. Abigail 



They united with the ch. 



in Wat. July 31, 1687, and when a ch. was gathered in Lex. in 1696, 
they removed their relation to it. He was a subscriber for the erec- 
tion of the first meeting house, in 1692, and was chosen one of the 
assessors in 1694 ; and in 1700, when the parish performed what 
was formerly considered a very important duty, that of" seating the 
meeting house," David Russell, John Mason, and Thomas Cutler, 
"were plast in y'^ second seat in. y® front gallereye." He was a 
valuable and honored citizen, and was often employed in town busi- 
ness, — was an assessor, constable, and selectman. He was also 
honored in the public records with the title of lieutenant, no mean 
designation at that day. He d. July 13, 1722. 

Abigail, b. Oct. 31, 1674. 

Thomas, b. Jan. 19, 1678; probably the Thomas who had a son 

James, bap. Mar. 17, 1706. 
Mary, b. Mar. 15, 1681 ; m. about 1698, William Munroe, Jr., of Lex. 
Hannah, b. May 7, 1683 ; d. Feb. 25, 1704. 
\James, bap. in Wat. Jan. 9, 1687. 

Jonathan, bap. in Wat. June 17, 1688 ; moved to Killingly, Ct. 
\Benjamin, b. in Lex. July 4, and bap. in Wat. Oct. 3, 1697. 

John Cutler m. Jan. 1, 1694, Mary Stearns, dau. of Isaac and 
Sai'ah (Beers) Stearns, who was b. Oct. 8, 1663. He owned the 
covenant Nov. 1, 1702, when four of his children were baptized. 
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ministerial land, and was assigned a place " in y« front gallerye," in 
1700, when they seated the meeting house. He must have resided 
on what is now Weston street, over the brook, on the southerly side 
of the old Concord turnpike. As early as 1714, John Merriam and 
Matthew Bridge were appointed a committee to lay a road to accom- 
modate Nathaniel Stone, Joseph Stone, Robert Merriam, and John 
Cutler ; and the description of the road leaves no doubt of the gen- 
eral situation of John Cutler's residence. It ran from Nathaniel 
Stone's house by various bounds to the " great rock," thence across 
the brook to Cutler's house. He d. Sept. 21, 1714; she d. Feb. 24, 
1733. 

Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1694 ; probably d. May 12, 1742. 

jJohn, b. June 3, 1696 ; m. Jan. 9, 1724, Abigail Stone. 

Ebenezer, b. July 24, 1700. Probably the Capt. Ebenezer Cutler of 

Weston, who m. Mar. 3, 1724, Anna Whitney, of Con., and d. in 

Lincoln, Jan. 17, 1777. 
Mary, b. Apr. 3, 1702 ; m. Feb. 7, 1724, Capt. Samuel Bond, of 

Weston, afterwards of Line. 
Sarali, b. Nov. 20, 1704 ; probably d. Jan. 12, 1749. 



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JoHN Cutler m. Hannah Snow, of Wo., Feb. 6, 1700. She was 
ad. to the ch. by letter from the ch. of Wo., July 5, 1702. They 
moved to Killingly, Ct., about 1713. They had eight children born 
and baptized in Lex. 

Hannah, bap. Nov. 30, 1701. 35 Mary, bap. July 4, 1703. 

Hezekiah, bap. Apr, 20, 1707 ; father of Manasseh, D. D. 
Dinah, bap. Sept. 4, 1709. 40 Jemima, bap. May 27, 1711. 

Uriah, bap. May 29, 1713; went to Morristown, N. J., about 1740. 



Thomas Cutler m. Sarah Stone, dau. of Samuel and Dorcas 
Stone. She d. Jan. 10, 1750, in her sixty-ninth year. He o. c. 
June 6, 1703, and she joined the ch. July 4, 1708. He was constable 
in 1719, and selectman, 1729, '31, '33, '34. 

Abigail, b. June 5, 1703 ; m. Nov. 18, 1722, Joseph Bridge. "^ 
\David, b. Aug. 26, 1705. 44 Amity, b. Dec. 19, 1707. 

Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1710. 46 Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1714. 

Hannah, b. May 13, 1717 ; d. June 2, 1724. 
\Thomas, b. Apr. 30, 1719; d. 1760, of small pox. 
Millicent, bap. July 29, 1722 ; d. Jan. 2, 1741. 



James Cutler m. Alice 



He 0. c. Apr. 17, 1715. 



26-50 James, b. Apr. 3, 1715; may have been the James C. who d. at 
Salem 1795, aged 80. 

61 William, bap. Apr. 7, 1717. 

62 Thankful, (?) bap. Mar. 22, 1719. 



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Benjamix Cutler m. Mary 



•. They o. c. June 28, 1724 
1728. After living together 



and she was ad. to the ch. Feb. 18, 

more than fifty year9 he d. Nov. 3, 1776^ aged 79 years, and she 
survived him only three days, and d. Nov. 6, 1776, aged 75. Their 
names are both borne on one stone in the Lex. grave yard. He was 
constable in 1739 arid 1741. 



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AUgail, b. June 4, 1724 ; d. young. 

'iTr'"' \ ^-"^' \ b'. lept: 1: 5725; d. Jan. 26. 1808. aged 83. 

//a^mk.b. Dec. 27. 1729; d. Oct. 1.1805 aged 76. 

Elizabeth, b. May 11. 1732; m. Apr. 7. 1761, Jacob Kendall, of 

Dunstable. _^„ ,,.. i /-,, -i j 

Sarah, b. June 17, 1734; m. Oct. 27, 1763, Abijah Child. 
XvcZia. b. Aug. 31, 1736; d. inl740. ^ -^ , o« i7^r 

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JoHN Cutler m. Jan. 9, 1724, Abigail Stone, dau. of John and 
Mary Stone, b. 1698. They made their confession to the ch. Sept. 
27 17'H He was ad. to the ch. Feb. 10, 1734, and she was ad. 
Sept 12 1742. They moved to Brookfield, to the ch. of which they 
were dismissed May 10, 1752. He was selectman in 1733, and asses- 
sor same year, 

John, b. July 7, 1724; m. 1749, Susanna Hastings, resided several 

years' in Shrewsbury, moved to New Ipswich; d. 1771. 
Isaac, b. May 31, 1726; d. Oct. 24 1745 at Cape Breton 
Robert, b. Apr. 30, 1728 ; m. Sept. 3, 1751, Elizabeth Fiske 
Abijah, b. May 25, 1730. 66 Josiah, b. Aug. 9, 1732. 

Thaddeus, b. Mar. 15, 1735. 
Joseph, b. July 26, 1737 ; d. Nov. 1738 
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David Cutler m. Mary Tidd, dau. of Joseph and Mary Tidd. 
They were ad. to the ch. Apr. 14, 1728. He resided on the old 
homestead near Bedford line. He was constable m 1746. and select- 
man in 1749, '50, '51. ^ t^ x. o i7ci 

His will, dated Sept. 13, 1758, and proved Feb. 9, 1761, mentions 
wife Mary, sons David, to whom he gave the farm in Western (now 
Warren) on which he then lived, Joseph, to whom he gave the place 
in Western on which he then resided, Solomon, to whom he gave 
the southerly part of the homestead, and Thomas, to whom he gave 
the rest of the home farm ; and dau. Abigail Hodgman and Mary 
Pacre. He was a man of good property- his inventory of personal 
property being £373 I3s. He made ample provision for his widow, 
providing that Solomon and Thomas should supply her with a horse, 
two cows, and furnish her annually with twelve bushels pf corn lour 
of rye, one bushel of malt, sixty pounds of beef, one hundred and 
twenty pounds of pork, three barrels of cider, and ten cords of wood, 
cut up and fit for the fire. He d. Dec. 5, 1760 of small pox ; she d. 
May 25, 1797, aged 93. 

Abigail, b. May 1, 1728; m. May 7, 1755, Samuel Hodgman of 
"Western ' r* 

David, b. July 15, 1730; ra. Oct. 15, 1751, Dorcas Reed dau of 
Capt. Benjamin and Rebecca Reed of Lex. He resided for a time 
in Western, but afterwards moved to Bennington, Vt., antl per- 
haps went South. „ - t . 

Joseph, b. May 31, 1733 ; m. May 6, 1755, Rebecca Howe of Lmc. 
She d., and he m. Mary Reed of Western, and settled there. 

Isaac, b. June, 1736; d. Jan., 1737. ^ , ^ . fu a •^\. 

Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1738 ; m. Sept. 15, 1758, Jobn Paige of Hardwick. 

^Solomon, b. May 15, 1740; m. Rebecca Page of Bedford. 

\Tkomas, b. May 6, 1742 ; m. Abigail Reed of Western. 

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1745 ; m. May 3, 1768, Benj. Moore of Lex. 



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Amity, b. July 15, 1748; m. Nov. 6, 1766, Nathan Leonard, of 
Hardwick. 



Thomas Cutler m. Sarah . They united with the ch. 

Dec. 6, 1741. She d. Jan. 12, 1749, and he m. second, Apr. 10, 
1750, Lydia Simonds. May 17, 1752, Thomas Cutler and his wife 
were dismissed to the chui'ch at Western. They both d. 1760, of 
small pox. 



Amos, b. Sept. 28, 1742. 
Ebenezer, bap. May 3, 1747. 



80 SaraJi, bap. Apr. 7, 1745. 
82 Bethia, bap. July 22, 1750. 



Benjamin Cutler m. Elizabeth Buttrick of Harvard, Nov. 23, 
1758. They were ad. to the ch, Aug. 5, 1759. 



Dolly, b. May 13, 1759. 
Betly, b. Jan. 16, 1763. 



84 William, b. Feb. 10, 1761. 



Solomon Cutler ra. Feb. 23, 1762, Rebecca Page of Bed. They 
were ad. to the ch. Mar. 10, 1765. They moved to Rindge, N. H., 
about 1772, to the ch. of which they were dismissed Feb. 14, 1773. 



Amos, h. Sept. 50, 1762. 
Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1768. 



87 Eehecca, b. May 20, 1765. 
89 Polly, b. Apr. 16, 1770. 



Thomas Cutler m. Abigail Reed of Western, (now Warren). 
They were admitted to the ch. June 30, 1765. She d. Sept. 26, 
1784, aged 33. He m. Feb. 2, 1786, Elizabeth White, wid. of 
Ebenezer White. Her maiden name was Harrington, dau. of Moses 
Harrington. He d. July 3, 1812, aged 70; she d. Sept. 21, 1834, 
aged 86. His will, dated Dec. 18, 1805, and proved Aug. 12, 1812, 
mentions wife Elizabeth, sons John, Jonas, Amos, Leonard, and Na- 
thaniel, and dau. Nabby Simonds, Polly, Alice, and Betsey. His 
real estate was inventoried at $6,980, and his personal at $1,442. 
Thomas Cutler was a member of Capt. Parker's company in 1775. 

Isaac, b. Aug. 9, 1765 ; ra. Sophia Brown, and settled in Ashby. 

He d. May 6, 1826. He had six children. 
\Thumas, b. Mar. 18, 1769; m. Rebecca Earl. 
Abigail, b. May 2, 1771 ; m. June 5, 1794, Joshua Simonds. She 

d. Aug. 8, 1837, aged 66. 
\Nathaniel, b. .Tune 19, 1773 ; ra. Anna Child, Waltham. 
Mary, b. July 10, 1775 ; d. May 16, 1819, unra. 
\John, b. May 10. 1777 ; m. Almira Flagg, of Mason, N. H. 
Alice, b. June 1, 1779 ; m, Nathaniel Searle, of Mason, N. H. She 

d. Mar. 1815. 
Jonas, b. Mar. 3, 1782; m. Martha, dau. of Amos Marrett. He 

settled in Westminster; d. Jan. 29, 1830, aged 48, leaving three 

children. 
\Amos, b. Nov. 9, 1786 ; m. Rachel Flagg, of Mason, N. H. 
Betsey, b. Oct. 27, 1789; m. Dec. 13, 1815, John Bacon, of Bed. 

She was living, 1858. 
\Leonarcl, b. Apr. 21, 1791 ; m. Maria Cutter. 



Thomas Cutler m. Alice Niles. He settled in Ashby. What 
time he left Lex. is not exactly known. He was taxed in Lex. 1799, 
and his name was placed upon the tax bill in 1800, and then his 
name and tax are erased. Probably they left town early that year. 
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as children of Thomas Cutler and Ellis his wife. Two years after 
the birth of his second child, the church records associate Rebecca 
with him as his wife ; from which we infer that he buried his wife 
Ellis, or Alice, and m. Rebecca Earl about 1798. He d. in Bedford, 
Feb. 14, 1833, aged 64. 

Charles, b. Feb. 3, 1795 ; m. Prudence Holden, in Ashby. 

Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1796 ; m. Green. 

Marshall, b. ; m. Catharine Wood ; d. at Mobile. 

Thomas C, b. ; m. first, Maria Wood, second, Louisa Wheat. 

Lives in Bedford. 

Rebecca, b. ; 

Nathaniel, b. , 

third, wid. Clemens. Lives in Bedford 

Leonard, b. ; d. unm. aged 21. 

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Nathaniel Cutler m. Apr. 4, 1799, Anna Child, dau. of Abi- 
jah Child, of Waltham, b. Nov. 14, 1775. He purchased the White 
place in the south part of Lex. on what is now Concord Avenue, 
where he d. Sept. 3, 1849, aged 76. She d. Mar. 22, 1863, aged 87. 

Isaac, b. Mar. 30, 1800 ; m. Nov. 24, 1825, Lydia Braman, of Nor- 
ton. He settled in Con. in 1839, moved to Camb. was alderman, 
1855, '56, and '57. They had five children, viz. first, George 
Henry, b. 1826 ; m. Mary Ann Rice, and second, Lydia Ann Hol- 
brook. Second, Wm. Francis, b. 1828; m. Margaret Scolley ; d. 
1857. Third, Lydia, b. 1830. Fourth, Edwin Braman, b. 1831. 
Fifth, Frances, b. 1839. 

\Thomas, b. Nov. 15, 1801 ; m. Sarah Smith, Dec. 28, 1828. 

\Curtis, b. Jan. 1, 1806; m. Clarissa W. Morrell. 

Eliza Ann, h. Oct. 14, 1813 ; m. May, 1839, Theo. P. Wood, of 
Gardner. He d. June 15, 1843, and she m. Dec. 25, 1844, Fran- 
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John Cutler m. Jan. 19, 1813, Almira Flagg, of Mason, N. H. 
He lived on the homestead, and d. Mar. 12, 1828. She was 
living on the old place in 1858. 

Emily, b. Sept. 10, 1813 ; m. D. C. Chamberlain, of Somerville. 

Alice, b. Feb. 19, 1815; m. G. C. Hawkins, Lex., second, E. C. 
Mann, Somerville. 

Cynthia, b. June 16, 1816 ; m. J. Lathrop ; went to Wisconsin. 

John Reed, b. Sept. 20, 1819 ; r. at Napoleon, Ark. 

Hiram, b. Sept. 21, 1821 ; m. Rebecca Hawkins, and r. at North- 
wood, N. H. 

Artemas, b. Nov. 12, 1823 ; m. Mary J. Batchelder, and r. at East 
Cambridge. 

Marcellus, b. July 23, 1826 ; d. Mar. 23, 1839. 

George Martin, b. Oct. 27, 1828; m. Lucy A. Burrell ; r. in Illinois. 



Amos Cutler m. Rachel Flagg, of Mason, N. H., where he d. 
Dec. 1823. 

Frederick P., b. Oct. 26, 1813 ; r. in Brattleboro', Vt. 

Elbridge, b. Mar. 3, 1815 ; died young. 

David A., b. Apr. 12, 1816 ; m. Martha Nutting. 

Lucy Ann, b. ; m. Flanders. 

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Rebecca J., b. 

Amos Elbridge, b. 



Addison Parker. 
; m. Belinda Johonnot, Woburn. 



Lkonard Cutler m. May 21, 1826, Maria Cutter, of West Cam- 
bridge, and settled on a part of the homestead. He d. 1853. 

Cornelia Maria, b. 1828; m. Samuel R. Duren, Wo. 

Ahhy Sarah, h. 1830 ; m. Joseph R. Kendall. 

Amia Bacon, b. 1832, m, Lewis Spaulding, of Bedford. 

Isabella, b. 1834. 132 James Russell, b. 1838. 

Cyrus Morton, b. 1841. He was in the Army of the Potomac. 

Ella Adine, b. 1843. 

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Thomas Cutler m. Dec. 28, 1828, Sarah Smith, of Waltham, b. 
Nov. 30, 1806. They reside on Concord Avenue, on the farm for- 
merly occupied by his father. She d. Sept. 26, 1864, aged 67. 

\ Thomas Everett, b. Apr. 1, 1830; m. Melinda W. Houghton. 
Albert Curtis, b. Mar. 26, 1831 ; m. Apr. 9, 1853, Eliza M. Tyler, 

of Waltham, where he resides. 
Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1835; d. Aug. 29. 1859. 
Franklin, b. Oct. 11, 1837; d. Jan. 15, 1860. 
Eliza Wood, b. Aug. 10, 1840 ; m. Apr. 30, 1865, F. D. Wellington, 

of Lincoln. 
Charles, b. June 10, 1842 ; d. Aug. 29, 1862, of disease contracted 

in the array. 
Clara, b. July 4, 1846. 



Curtis Cutler was grad. at H. C, 1829, studied theology, and 
was settled in Gardner, Oct. 30, 1833 ; m. May 19, 1835, Clarissa 
W. Morrell, dau. of Ambrose Morrell, Lex. He left Gardner, 
1839, and was installed at Peterboro', N. H., Jan. 30, 1840, as col- 
league with Abiel Abbot, D.D. In 1848, he left Peterboro' and 
moved to Lex. In 1850, in consequence of a bronchial affection, he 
gave up his profession, and engaged in mercantile pursuits with the 
firm of Wm. Underwood & Co., Boston. In 1855, he represented 
the town in the General Court, and in the autumn of that year 
moved to Camb. To him we are indebted for much of the infor- 
mation concerning this family. 

Sarah M., born in Gardner, Apr. 14, 1838. 
Annie C, b. in Peterboro, N. H., Mar. 12, 1845. 



Thomas Everett Cutler m. Aug. 20, 1861, Melinda W. 
Houghton, dau. of Samuel Houghton. They have Charles F., b. 
Nov. 2, 1862, Ida Warren, b. Oct. 12, 1864, Edward Everett, b. 
May 12, 1866. 

It has been difficult in some cases to distinguish the name from 
that of Cutter, which is found in a few instances upon the Lex. 
records. There are several other families mentioned on Lex. records, 
but probably they resided there only temporarily. 



THE CUTTER FAMILY. 

Richard Cutter, of Cambridge, ad. freeman, June 2, 1641 ; d. 
June 18, 1693, aged about 72. He had two wives, by whom he had 
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He m. Oct. 8, 1688, Mary Fillebrown. She d. May 14, 1713, and he 
married Elizabeth. He had seven children, among whom was John 
Cutter, bap. Apr. 23, 1704. What time he came into Lex. we are 
not able to say. His name is found on our first tax bill extant, viz., 
1729. His name continues on the tax bill till 1747, when we find 
the name of wid. Cutter. He probably d. 1747. He m. Rachel 
and had several children. Among them were Abigail, b. 



Aug. 15, 1735, and Benjamin, b. Apr. 24, 1738. 



THE DAMON FAMILY. 

There have been a few persons of this name in town from time to 
time, but no permanent residents till recently. 

John Damon, b. in England, 1621, came to this country from 
Reading, Eng., and settled in Reading, Mass., where he was dea. of 
the ch. and where he d. Apr. 8, 1708. He had six children. Sam- 
uel, his son, b. June 23, 1656, m. Mary , who d. Nov. 29, 

1727, aged 71, and he d. June 12, 1724, aged 68. They had nine 
children. Ebenezer, son of Saml. b. Aug. 9, 1686 ; m. Elizabeth 

, and had seven children. David, son of Ebenezer, b. Mar. 

2, 1710 ; m. Apr. 7, 1731, Esther Govving, and had ten children. 
Benjamin, son of David, b. June 6, 1759; m. Dec. 13, 1782, Anar 
Pratt. He settled in Ashby, where he d. Sept. 24, 1832, aged 73 ; 
she d. Oct. 14, 1838, aged 84. They had eight children. Isaac, 
second son of Benj., b. Mar. 31, 1785; m. Lucy Houghton, who d. 
and he m. Ruth Shattuck. He d. Apr. 1848, aged 63. He had 
three children by his first wife, who d. Apr. 20, 1826. 

Isaac Newton Damon, the oldest child of Isaac, b. in Ashby, 
Dec. 14, 1812 ; m. Lucy K. Wright, dau. of Isaac Wright, b. Dec. 
27, 1817. He came to Lex, in 1836, where he has since resided. 
He has filled the office of selectman, treasurer, &c., is a justice of 
the peace, and an assistant assessor in the internal revenue service. 

Lusanna Phelps, b. Sept. 28, 1843. 
Myron Bates, b. June 27, 1854. 
Florence Maria, b. Apr. 28, 1856. 



DANFORTH. — Danforth is a name which appears occasionally 
on Lex. records. In 1738 we find this record, — " Amos Merriam 
and Hannah Danforth, both of Lex., were joined in marriage." 
There were Danforths in Camb. and in Bil. at an early day, and 
some from these families probably came to Lex. for a short time. 
In 1774, Benjamin Danforth, wife, and three children, among them 
Benjamin, Jr., came to Lex. from Bedford. As their names appear 
upon the tax bill up to 1785, and then disappear, it is probable that 
they left town about that time. 



THE DAVIS FAMILY. 

Joseph Davis, son of Thomas Davis of Holden, and Lattice his 
wife, was b. May 5, 1794, and m. May 81, 1823, Betsey G. Babcock, 
dau. of Amos and Betsey (Gardner) Babcock, of Princeton ; b. 
Oct. 18, 1799. His father was a soldier in the Revolution, and was 
in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, White Plains, &c. Jo- 
seph resided in Princeton, where he kept a public house. In 1833 
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which he continued about ten years. Most of his children were b. 
in Princeton. He was several years one of the overaeers of the 
poor in Lex. 

Horace B., b. May 10, 1824; m. June 2, 1852, Annie Stevens, dau. 

of William and Nancy Stevens. They have Frank S., b. June 7, 

1857, and William Henry, b. Dec. 11, 18C2. 
Charles E., b. Sept. 1, 1826; m. May, 1860, Eliza J. Tilton ; r. in 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Oeorge 0., b. Feb. 15, 1832; m. Sept. 2, 1858, Caroline E. Bridge, 

dau. of Samuel and Maria (Wellington) Bridge. They have 

Frederick G., b. Aug. 8, 1859, Charles B., b. Jan. 2, 1861, Harry 

W., b. Feb. 28, 1863. He has been some fifteen years in the 

Boston Custom House. 
Agnes, b. in Lex. Dec. 3, 1834; d. unm. Dec. 7, 1859. 



John Davis, son of Amos and Elizabeth Davis, of Gloucester, 
b. Oct. 15, 1794; m. Oct 13, 1819, Mary F. Phelps, b. Oct. 1, 1795, 
dau. of Henry and Mary Phelps. He came to Lex. 1831. He held 
the office of postmaster twenty-five years — good evidence of his 
fidelity. 

Mary A. E., b. Oct. 29, 1824; m. her cousin John Davis, Nov. 20, 
1844. They have had Mary E., b. in Charlestown, Jan. 12, 1846, 
d. 1862 ; Ellen Amelia, b. Mar. 18, 1848 ; Florence W., b. in Lex. 
Oct. 16, 1852; Alice P., b. Apr. 19, 1855; Edith F., b. Jan. 9, 
1858, d. 1859; John H., b. June 21, 1860; Hannah E., b. June 
26, 1863; Frank W., b. June 9, 1866. 

Jolm W., b. July 1, 1829; d.Feb. 19, 1832. 

Eliza J., b. July 1, 1834. 



DIAMOND. — William Diamond came to Lex. from Boston in 
1772, and in 1783 m. Rebecca Simonds. He was taxed in town 
for several years, but I find no record of any children. 



THE DORR FAMILY. 

Joseph Dorr came to this country from Eng., 1670. Edward, 

his son, m. Elizabeth , about 1682. They r. inRoxbury, and 

had seven children. Ebenezer, their second son, b. Jan. 25, 1687, 
m. Feb. 16, 1709, Mary Boardman, b. May 16, 1689. They had 
ten children. Ebenezer, second son of Ebenezer, b. Feb. 2, 1712, 
m. Amy Plympton, b. Mar. 5, 1714. They had thirteen children. 
He d. Aug. 8, 1782, aged 70. Ebenezer, second son of Ebenezer, 
b. Mar. 20, 1738, m. Jan. 7, 1762, Abigail Cummings, b. July 11, 
1739. They had twelve children. He d. Sept. 29, 1809, aged 71. 
John, fourth son of Ebenezer, b. Oct. 2, 1770, m. Dec. 11, 1793, 
Esther Goldthwait, dau. of Benjamin G., and Sarah White (Dawes) 
Goldthwait. She d. July 28, 1840. He d. Aug. 10, 1855, aged 85. 
He more than sustained the character of the family — having had ten 
sons and nine daughters, all by one wife. 

Theodore Haskell, the 16th child of John and Esther, b. Aug. 
13, 1815, m. May 30, 1839, Nancy Caroline Richards, dau. of Joseph 
and Alice Richards, b. Jan. 10, 1817. He graduated atH. C, 1835, 
entered the ministry, and was settled at Billerica, May 28, 1839, left 
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1854, left May, 1863. After leaving Sherborne he came to Lex., 
where he now resides. 

Esther G.,h. July 2, 1840 ; m. May 9, 1860, E. R. Paul, of Sherborne. 

TJieodore H., b. Apr. 16, 1842 ; d. 1849. 

John, b. June 18, 1844. He entered the service of the U. S., 1862, 

as a sergeant for nine months, and served in N. C. Afterwards 

for one hundred days as first lieut. 
Joseph Richards, b. Nov. 7, 1848. 6 Dudley A., b. Nov. 20, 1850. 
An infant, b. Dec. 28, 1854; d. same day. 
Arthur, b. Sept. 14, 1857. 



THE DOWNING FAMILY. 

Samuel Downing probably came to Lex. about 1777. From 
what place he came the records do not determine. He was first 
taxed in Lex. in 1778. He m. June 19, 1783, Susanna Brown, dau. 
of Benjamin and Sarah (Reed) Brown, who was b. June 17, 1764. 
She d. May 1, 1843, aged 79. 



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June 1, 1805, Samuel Butterfield of 



Polly, b. Oct. 21, 
West Camb. 

Oliver, b. Mar. 10, 1785 ; resides in Boston. 

\Samuel, b. Oct. 30, 1787 ; m. first, Lucy Learned, and second, Lydia 
Blodgett, Nov. 11, 1819. 

Susanna, b. Nov. 20, 1788 ; m. May 19, 1817, Daniel Chandler. 

Sally, b. Nov. 23, 1790 ; m. Daniel Rhodes of Boston, where she d. 

Leiois, b. June 23, 1792 ; m. Lucy Wheelock of Con. He moved to 
Concord, N. H., where he has become famous as a coach manu- 
facturer. 

William, b. Sept. 1796. He entered the service of the United 
States in the war of 1812, and was mortally wounded at the battle 
of Lundy's Lane, and d. the day following, July 26, 1814. 



Samuel Downing m. Lucy Learned of Wat. She d. Oct. 1, 
1816, aged 28, and he m. second, Nov. 11, 1819, Lydia Blodgett, 
dau. of Nathan Blodgett. 

Learned, b. Jan. 26, 1810. He is a trader in Charlestown. 

Susan, b. Sept. 25, 1811. 

William, b. June 14, 1815 ; is a merchant at St. Louis. 

Edward, b. Nov. 29, 1820 ; resides in Boston. 

Lucy Ann, b. May 27, 1827 ; is a teacher. 

Theodore, b. Sept. 14, 1832. 



Andrew J. Downing, of Newburg, N. Y., who perished on board 
the Henry Clay at New York, July 28, 1852, and who was distin- 
guished throughout the country as a horticulturalist and landscape 
gapdener, and who was well known across the Atlantic by his publi- 
cations on those subjects ; was a near relative of the first-named 
Samuel Downing. 



DIAPER. — William Draper came to Lex. from Roxbury in 
1782, and the same year m. Sarah Barnes, " both of Lex." He prob- 
ably left soon after. Oct. 6, 1783, Jonas Draper, their child, was 
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This family was never very numerous in Lex., nor were they among 
the early settlers — the name appearing on the records in 1779, for 
the first time. The family was first located in Concord, and from 
thence may have moved to Sudbury. 

Francis Dudley, a supposed relation of Gov. Thomas Dudley, 
was b. in England, and, emigrating to this country, settled in Con. 
perhaps about 1663. Hem. Sarah Wheeler, of Con., Oct. 26, 1665, 
and probably remained in that town till his decease. His wife d. 
Dec. 12, 1713. 



Mary, m. Joseph Fletcher. 

^Joseph, m. Abigail Gobble. 

Samuel, b. 1668 ; m. first, Abigail King, and second, Lydia 

Sarah, d. 1701. 

John, m. Hannah Poulter, of Medford. May 16, 1697. 

Francis, m. first, Sarah , and second, Abigail . 



Joseph Dudley m. 1691, Abigail Gobble, and d. at Con., Nov. 
3, 1702, where his children -vvere all born. 



Jane, b. Mar. 26, 1693. 

\Joseph, b. Apr, 20, 1697. 

Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1698. 14 Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1700. 

Sibella, b. Sept. 22, 1702 ; m. Jonathan Brown, Sept. 5, 1718. 



m. Dec. 17, 1713, John Davis. 
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Joseph Dudley m. Oct. 2, 1718, Mary Chandler, dau. of Sam'l 
and Dorcas Chandler. Their three last children were b. at Sud., 
the others in Concord. 

\Joseph, h. July 24, 1719. 17 Eliza, b. Feb. 14, 1721. 

Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1723. 19 Samuel, b. Mar. 7, 1725. 

Lucy, b. Apr. 1, 1727 ; m. Dec. 6, 1744, John Perry. 
Abigail, b. about 1730 ; m. Apr. 12, 1759, Samuel Howe. 

Ebenezer, b. about 1735. 23 William, b. about 1740. 

Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1754. 25 Nahum, b. May 4, 1757. 
Daniel, b. Feb. 22, 1763. 



Joseph Dudley m. Jan. 16, 1741, Mary Brown. They moved 
from Concord to Sudbury. 



Benjamin, b. Nov. 25, 1741. 
Samuel, b. Sept. 29, 1746. 
\Nathan, b. June 17, 1755. 
Abishai, b. July 24, 1758. 
Rebecca, b. Aug. 28, 1763. 
Moses, b. Jan. 31, 1769. 



28 Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1743. 
30 Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1749. 



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33 Abigail, b. June 13, 1761. 
35 Submit, b. Aug. 16, 1765. 
37 Luther, b. May 5, 1772. 



Nathan Dudley m. first, Sarah Munroe, of Lin., June 24, 1786. 
They came into Lex. in 1779 ; he was first taxed in 1780. He and 
his wife Sarah were ad. to the ch. Jan. 27, 1790. . She d. Jan. 16, 
1801, and he m. second, Mrs. Hannah Lane, and d. July 17, 1835, 
aged 80 years. The last two children were by his second wife. He 
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Sally, b. Oct. 16, 1786 ; m. John Viles, Jan. 12, 1806. 

Nathan, b. Apr. 3, 1789; d. Feb. 3, 1795. 

\JoJin, b. Nov. 18, 1790. 

Polly, b. Sept. 18, 1792 ; m. Thomas Johnson, of Wc, Sept. 8, 1811. 

Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1794 ; d. Apr. 12, 1795. 

Betsey, b. June 1, 1798; ni. Solomon Harrington. 

Rebecca, b. Dec. 31, 1808; m. AVilliam Shaw, of Wo. 

Nathan, b. July 29, 1810. 



John Dudley m. Esther E. Smith, of Sterling. He left Lex. 
before his marriage, and returned for a short time. His first and 
second child were born while here. He moved to Rox., where he r. 

John W., b. and d. at Lex. 

Eliza, b. at Lex. ; m. George W. Fowle. 

Sarah D., b. , m. Rev. Joshua B. Holman. 

Martha A., b. . 60 Nathan A., b. Aug. 20, 1825. 

Caroline M., b. . 52 Andrew J., b. ; d. young. 

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THE DUNKLEE FAMILY. 

The name of Dunklee appears on the town and church records as 
early as 1701. We cannot give a connected view of this family ; 
though it appears that Nathaniel Dunklee and wife were received 
into the church by a letter of dismission from the church at Water- 
town, Aug. 25, 1705. Mr. Dunklee appears to have been an ardent 
man — a great saint and a great sinner. He in his weakness violated 
the eighth commandment by taking the property of others ; but then 
he made a public confession which Avould throw the penitential psalms 
of the king of Israel nearly into the shade. He confesses his re- 
peated thefts, and that he has no cause to complain of those who 
brought him to justice, — declai'ing that when the righteous smite 
him, it shall be a kindness to him, promises to give glory to God by 
confession and reformation, and hopes that his great sins may be 
the means of preserving himself and all others from temptation. 
On a confession thus full and penitent, thus submissive and prayerful, 
he was of course restored to his standing in the church, which he 
appears to have regarded as the very gate of heaven. The reader 
will join with us in the hope that he was never afterward " led into 
temptation." 

We are not quite sure, but presume that the following are the 
children and descendants of Nathaniel Dunklee, and Mary his 
wife. 



David, bap. Sept. 21, 1701. 

Jonathan, bap. Jan. 7, 1705. 

\Hezehiah, bap. Nov. 21, 1708 

Robert, bap. Apr. 9, 1710, and ad. to the ch. Jan. 7, 1728 



3 Elnatha.n, bap. Apr. 11, 1703. 
5 Hannah, bap. May 8, 1707. 



Hezekiah Dunklee m. Nov. 17, 1734, Damaris Wilson. He 
probably left town about the first of 1743, as his wife at that time 
was dismissed to the ch. at Billerica. 



Hezekiah, b. Sept. 17, 1735, 
Damaris, b. Mar. 16, 1739. 



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THE DUPEE FAMILY. 

Elias Dupee, b. Jan. 22, 1806; ra, June 20, 1830, Mary Ann 
Blodgett, dau. of James Blodgett. He was b. in Boston. 



Qeorge C, b. Dec. 29, 1832; m. Nelly Tibbitts, r. in Boston and , 
N. Y. i 

Lyman S., b. Feb. 17, 1834. 1 

Elias A., b. Apr. 20, 1836 ; m. Susan Winn, r. in Arlington. 
Charles S., b. June 18, 1842; m. Hattie Shattuck, r. in Arlington. 
Theodore D., b. Nov. 16, 1849. 



THE DUREN FAMILY. 

John Duren, or Durant, as the family formerly spelt the name, 
was in Billerica at an early day, and m. Susanna Dutton, Nov. 16, 
1670. They had at least four children, two of each sex. He d. in " 
prison in Camb. Oct. 27, 1692, a victim of the witchcraft delusion. 
John, the eldest son of John, was b. July 31, 1672; m. Aug. 10, 
1695, Elizabeth Jaquith. He d. Feb. 25, 1757, aged 85. They had 
eight children. Abraham, the youngest son of John, was b. Apr. 1, 
1709 ; m. May 20, 1736, Rachel Manning. They had nine children 
b. in Billerica where they resided. Abraham, the eldest son of 
Abraham, b. Oct. 4, 1737; m. Nov. 1, 1764, Lydia Gould, of 
Chelmsford. He d. Nov. 6, 1776. An anecdote is told of his wife 
which shows the energy of the woman, and the spirit of the times. 
On the 18th of April, 1775, her husband being in feeble health, she 
mounted their horse, and with her panniers set out for market at 
Boston, a distance of twenty miles or more ; and having accomplished 
her business at Boston, returned as far as Arlington, and stopped 
for the night. AVhile she was there, she saw the British troops pass 
on their way to Lex. and Con. The next morning she started for 
home, and stopping at Lex. she went into the meeting-house to sect 
the slaughtered men killed by the British a few hours before. Such 
were the women of the Revolution. — Abraham and Lydia had four 
children. Abraham, the youngest child, was b. Sept. 16, 177b ; m. 
Oct. 25, 1801, Mary Russell, dau. of Jesse Russell, of Wo., where 
he settled. He d. Oct. 14, 1822, and she d. May 28, 1864. The 
neighborhood where he resided bears the name of Durenville, in 
honor of him. He had five children. Samuel R., b. May 29, 1803 ; 
m. Sybil Spaulding and Ann Searl. He d. Oct. 6, 1862 ; Lydia, b. 
Dec. 13, 1805; m. Joseph Kendall; Warren, b. Apr. 14, 1809; he 
has been twice married ; William, b. June 5, 1813 ; m. Feb. 4, 1845, 
Rebecca A. Locke; Abraham, b. Nov. 21, 1815; m. Apr. 5, 1842, 
Prudence Simonds. 



Warren Duren, the second son of Abraham mentioned above, 
m. June 2, 1833, Mary Ann Marrett, dau. of Rev. Daniel and Mary 
(Muzzy) Marrett, of Standish, Me. She d. Oct. 4, 1839, and he 
m. Oct. 18, 1848, Mary Chandler, dau. of William Chandler, Esq., 
of Lex. He had one child by his first wife, viz. Caroline Augusta, 
b. Oct. 25, 1835, and d. May 13, 1852, aged 17 years. He moved 
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THE ESTABROOK FAMILY. 

Though the Estabrooks were not among the first settlers of Lex- 
ington, they came here quite early, and became prominent, both in 
the church and in the town. Lexington's tirst minister, and two of 
her early deacons, bore that name. The Estabrooks appear to have 
been a ministerial family. Their ancestor, Rev. Joseph Estabrook, 
came from England in 1660, with two brothers, one of whom settled 
in Con., and the other in Swanzey. Joseph entered H. C, where 
he was graduated in 1664, and was settled in Con. in 1667, as col- 
league with Rev. Mr. Buckley, where he continued till his death, 
which happened in 1711. 

Rev. Joseph Estabrook had four sons, as follows : 

\ Joseph, b. 1669 ; d. in Lex. Sept. 23, 1733. 
\Benjamin, b. Feb. 24, 1671 ; d. in Lex. July 22, 1697. 
Samuel, b. 1674 ; was grad. at H. C. 1696, and settled as a clergy- 
man in Canterbury, Connecticut, where he d. in 1727. 
\Daniel, h. Feb. 14,"'l676 ; d. at Sudbury, 1735. 



Joseph Estabrook m. first, Dec. 31, 1689, Milliceut Woodis, or 
Woodhouse, dau. of Henry Woodhouse, of Con. She d. Mar 30, 
1692, and he ra. second, Aug. 25, 1793, wid. Hannah Loring, of 
Hingham. He first settled in Hingham, where he and his wife united 
with the ch. from which they were dismissed to the ch. in Lex. in 
1710. He was an active and influential member of the Lex. ch. and 
represented it on many public occasions. He was elected dea. in 
1716, and remained in that office till his death. Sept, 23, 1733. He 
was highly respected as a townsman, and filled almost every office 
within their gift. He commanded a military company, and filled the 
office of town clerk, treasurer, assessor, selectman, and representa- 
tive to the General Court. He was a man of more than ordinary 
education for that day, was often employed as a surveyor, and was 
engaged to teach the first man's school in the town. I cannot state 
the precise time when he removed to Lex., but as he bought two 
hundred acres of land in the precinct in 1693, and was elected to 
office in 1696, it is probable that he came into the place between those 
periods. He bought his farm of Edward Pelham, then of R. I., 
and it is described in the deed as being bounded northeasterly by 
the Cook farm, and southwesterly by the Concord road, till it comes 
to Vine Brook. This included the places now occupied by Mrs. L. 
Turner, extending to the brook in front, and back to or beyond the 
place owned by Mr. Hayes under the hill. 

\Joseph, b. Oct. 10. 1690; d. Aug. 19, 1740. 

\John, b. July 28, 1694; m. Oct. 27, 1720, Prudence Harrington. 

Solomon, b. Dec. 22, 1696; d. July 7, 1697. 

Hannah, b. Mar, 2, 1698; m. May 23, 1717, Joseph Frost. 

Millicenl, b. Mar. 21, 1699. 11 Elijah, b. Aug. 25, 1703. 



Benjamin Estabrook was grad. at H, C. 1690, and was settled 
over the first church at Cambridge Farms, (now Lex.,) Oct. 6, 1696. 
But his ministry was of short duration. On the 22d of July, 1697, 
he was removed from his earthly labors by death, after a ministry of 
only nine months. He m. Nov. 29, 1693. Abigail Willard, dau. of 
Rev. Samuel Willard, of the Old South Church, Boston. She was 
one of a family of twenty children. Rev. Mr. Estabrook d, greatly 
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deatli of his father. His wid. ni. Rev. Samuel Treat, of Eastham, a 
son of Gov. Treat, of Conneoticut. She d. Dec. 27, 1745, ajred 82. 
By Mr. Treat she had three children, one of whom, Jiunice, m. Rev. 
Thomas Paine, of Weymouth, and had, among other children, Robert 
Treat Paine, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
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Daniel Estabrook m. Abigail Flint, of Con. He first settled 
in Lex., where he had several children. Subsequetitly they removed 
to Weston, and, in 1715, he and his wife were ad. to the ch. in that 
place. He afterwards moved to Sudbury, where he d., 1735. He 
had Abigail, bap. in Lex. Sept. 27, 1702. David and Samuel, bap. 
in Lex., Jan. 21, 1705, and Aug. 20, 1710, were probably his children. 



Joseph Estabrook m. July 8, 1713, Submit Loring, his step- 
sister. She d. Mar. 31, 1718, in childbed, and he m. Mar. 26, 1719, 
Hannah Bowman. Like his dither, he was captain of the company, 
and dea. of the ch., and like him filled almost every important office 
in town — assessor, treasurer, clerk, and selectman. He d. Aug. 19, 
1740, and his wid. m. July 19, 1753, Capt. Benj. Reed, and d. Apr. 
15, 1774, aged 72 years. 

Joseph, b. June 27, 1714; d. JuiyT7, 1714. 

Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1718; d. Mar. 18, same year. 

Joseph, b. Apr. 9, 1720; d. Dec. 7, 1747. 

Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1725 ; d. Sept. 29, 1728. 

Benjamin, b. Oct. 9, 1727 ; d. Sept. 29, 1728. 

\Benjam.in, b. Dec. 20, 1729 ; m. May 9, 1757, Hannah Hubbard. 

Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1731 ; m. Mav 7, 1752, Ebenezer Hubbard. 

Solomon, b. June 10, 1733; d. Oct. 1, 1733. 

Samuel, b. June 25, 1735 ; entered H. C. ; d. July 14, 1754. 

MiUicent, b. July 25, 1738 ; m. July 4, 1758, Jas. Barrett, of Con. 

Ebenezer, b. Sept. 21, 1740; m. Dec. 13, 1759, Ruth Reed, b. Nov. 
7, 1741, dau. of Capt. Isaac and Rebecca Reed. They had Molly, 
bap. in Lex. June 3, 1760. They removed to Plolden. Their 
descendants at the present day are found in that town and vicinity. 



John Estabrook m. Oct. 27, 1720, Prudence Harrington. He 
was constable, 1737, and 1738. He d. June 19, 1742, and his wid. 
ra. 1748, Benjamin Munroe, of Weston, the youngest son of Wm. 
Munroe, the original emigrant, who settled in Lex. She was his 
second wife, and d. 1778. 



Qrace, b. Aug. 13, 1721 ; m. 



Hurd. 



Prudence, b. Mar. 28, 1724; ra. Richard Winship. 

MiUicent, b. July 11, 1727 ; m. Harris. 

John, b. Oct. 20, 1729 ; probably he is the John Estabrook who 
settled in Westminster, and had by his wife Anna fourteen children. 

Abigail, b. Mar. 11, 1731; m. ~ Hunt. 

Elizabeth, h. Nov. 21, 1734. 

\Nehemiah, b. Mar. 2, 1738; m. Mar. 1, 1759, Elizabeth Winship. 

Anna, b. Feb. 11, 1740; m. Kidder. 



Benjamin Estabrook m. May 9, 1757, Hannah Hubbard, of 
Con. They were ad. to the ch. in Lex. June 22, 1758. He d. Mar. 
8, 1803, aged 74 ; she d. Jan. 12, 1803, aged 67. He was many 
years a coroner and a justice of the peace. He was in the campaign 
to Ticonderoga in 1776. 



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Joseph, b. Mar. 4, 1758 ; grad. at H. C. 1782. He entered the min- 
istry, and was ordained at Athol, Nov. 21, 1787. He d. Apr, 30, 
1830, in the eighty-first year of his age, and the forty-third year 
of his ministry. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1760; m. Dea. Ebenezer Lawrence, of Wo. 

\Benjamin, b. Mar. 23, 1762 ; m. Esther Russell. 

Samuel, b. Nov. 15, 1764 ; he m. first, Polly Creasy, and second, 
Nabby Warren. He lived in Brookline, but at last returned to 
Lex., where he d. July 20, 1814. 

Martha, b. .June 22, 1765 ; m. Edmund Walden, and moved to Ster- 
ling, where she d. Mar. 1822. 

\AUai, b, June 14, 1769; d. Sept. 29, 1836. 

Nathan, bap. May 10, 1772 ; m. Sarah Smith, and moved to Ashby. 

Solomon, b. Dec. 18, 1774 ; m. Lucy Davis, of New Ipswich, where 
he resided for a time, when he returned to Lex. and d. Aug. 12, 
1825, without issue. 

Millicent, b. June 8, 1777 ; m. Wm. Stearns, of Walt., and d. 1844. 



Nehemiah Estabrook m. Mar. 1, 1759, Elizabeth Winship, dau. 
of Samuel and Hannah AVinship, b. May 23, 1740. He was a soldier 
from Lex. in the French war in 1755, and hence was well qualified 
to aid in the Revolutionary struggle. He left Lex. about 1777, 
moved to Lunenburg, afterwards went to West Camb., and d. in 
Hopkinton, while on a visit to his children. 

Samtiel, b. Aug. 31, 1760; d. Oct. 29, 1778. 

Nehemiah, b. Mar. 3, 1762 ; m. in Lunenburg, where he lived some 

years. 
Bettie, b. Apr. 9, 1764; m. William Blanchard, of Medford. 
Lydia, b. May 28, 1766 ; m. Samuel Jones, and lived in West Camb. 
Eliakim, b. July 10, 1768 ; d. young. 

Grace, b. May 27, 1770; m. Nathaniel Trask, of Charlestown. 
\Eliakim, b. Oct 18, 1772 ; m. Hannah Cook, of West Camb. 
John, b. May 7, 1775 ; m. Anna Russell, and lived in West Camb. 
Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1777 ; he settled in Hopkinton. 
Samuel, b. May 13, 1779 ; m. Lucy Jones, and lived in W. Camb. 
Rebecca, b. Mar. 4, 1781 ; she was living (1859) in Charlestown, unm. 



Benjamin Estabuook m. Esther Russell. He d. Oct. 29, 1819, 
aged 57. She d. Jan. 3, 1813, aged 49. We find no record of his 
family, but obtain the following from his relatives. He resided for a 
time in Danvers. 

Susan, b. Aug. 20, 1783 ; m. Benjamin Winn, and lived in Salem. 

Benjamin, b. in Danvers, June 7, 1785 ; d. in Topsham, Vt. 

Walter, b. Nov. 22, 1787. 

Hannah, b. 1789 ; d. in six months. 

Hannah, b. Mar. 11, 1791 ; d. in Salem, Apr. 19, 1811. 

William, b. 1793 ; d, in Lex. 1858. 



Attai Estabrook m. Polly Pierce, 
he d. Sept. 29, 1836, aged 67. 



She d. Nov. 6, 1826, and 



Benjamin, b. 



d. Nov. 1826, aged about 20, by an injury re- 



ceived from the rebound of a gun. 

Hannah, b. ; m. George Simonds. 

Solomon, b. Apr. 1, 1815; m. Apr. 3, 1837, Elizabeth C. Blodgett. 

They have Henry D. and George D., (twins,) b. May 19, 1838; 

Lyman, b. Feb. 26, 1849. Henry D. m. Jan. 16, 1866, Sarah A. 

Cummings. George D. m. July 2, 1865, Emma S. Fowle. 



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Abie/ail, h. Dec. 16, 1819; m. Apr. 7, 1846, Luke W. Wright. 
Joseph, b. May 4, 1821 ; m. Nancy Raymond, of Littleton, and r. 

in Acton. 
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1823 ; d. June 23, 1848. 



Eliakim Estabrook m. Sept. 7, 1793, Hannah Cook, of West 
Camb., b. Sept. 15, 1778. He resided most of the time in West 
Camb., though he returned to Lex., where he d. Apr. 17, 1835. She 
was in 1859, living in Lex. Though they were mostly b. in West 
Camb., the number of the children induces us to give them a place 
here. 

Ender, b. Feb. 24, 1795; m. Aug. 27, 1818, Lydia Adams, of West 
Cambridge. 

Louisa, b. Sept. 8, 1797 ; ra. Apr. 1819, Ebenezer Hovey, of West 
Cambridge. 

Joseph, b. Apr. 17, 1799; m. Aug. 11, 1817, Nancy Page. 

Lovell, b. Nov. 8, 1800 ; m. May 12, 1824, Mary Stearns, of Waltham. 

Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1802; m. May 9, 1818, Wm. Benjamin, of Lin. 

Matilda, b. May 4, 1805 ; m. Oct. 13, 1833, Wm. Hooper, of Boston. 

Eliakim, b. Oct. 16, 1806 ; ra. Feb. 9, 1849, Augusta Fay, of Fitch- 
burg. 

Eleanor, h. Feb. 12, 1807; m. Apr. 25, 1826, John Norcross. 

Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1808; m. May 7, 1832, Jas. Bryant. ofN. H. 

Clarinda, b. Aug. 13, 1810; m. Oct. 2, 1832, George Foster, of 
West Cambridge. 

Nehemiah, b. Feb. 21, 1812; d. young. 

Mary A., b. Mar. 14, 1814; d. Dec. 5, 1843, unm. 

John B., b. Apr. 8, 1816. 

Lucy E., b. Nov. 10, 1818; d. Mar. 24, 1839, unm. 

Francis H., b. June 1, 1821 ; m. July 25, 1852, Louisa Jones, of 
Walpole, N. H. They reside in Lexington. Children, first, John 
Henry, b. Nov. 1854, d. young; second, George Lovell, b. Dec. 
1856 ; third, Anna Louisa, b. Sept. 30, 1857. 



We cannot close this table without doing justice to Prince Esta- 
brook, a black man in the family of Benjamin Estabrook. He was 
among the patriots of the Revolution on the Common on the 19th of 
April, 1775, when he was wounded; we find his name among the 
soldiers in almost every campaign during the war. He, though a 
slave, fought the battles of freedom. 



THE FAIRFIELD FAMILY. 

About 1733, there was a family of Fairfields came to Lex. proba- 
bly from Wenham, as Walter, Judith, and Remember were dismissed 
from the ch. in that place, to Lex., where they were ad. Aug. 4, 
1734. On the same day, Rebecca, probably dau. of Walter and 
Judith, was bap. Walter, probably son of the same, was bap. Jan. 
18, 1736, and Mary, Nov. 9, 1740. 

There appears to have been more than one family of the name, as 
Stephen, and Hannah his wife, were ad. to the ch., he in 1734, and 
she in 1737. We have also the record of two of their children, 
Judith, b. May 30. 1736, and Rebecca, b. Dec. 26, 1738. I also 
find Moses of Daniel, bap. in 1738. Walter and Daniel were taxed 
in Lex. 1735, '36, and '37. In 1743, Walter, Judith, and Mary, and 
Stephen and Hannah, were dismissed from the Lex. ch. to the ch. at 
Cold Spring. They probably had left town before that time, as the 
name had disappeared from the tax bills. 



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THE FARLEY FAMILY. 

The Parleys were never numerous in Lexington. George Farley 
settled in Roxbury, removed early to Woburn, and from thence to 
Billerica, before 1656, and d. there Dec. 27, 1693. He had a num- 
ber of children, some of whom settled in Billerica, where the name 
has been quite common, as it has also been in HoUis, N. H. It is 
highly probable that the Lexington Parleys were from the same stock. 
The following imperfect sketch is all that our records furnish. 

John Farley, son of John and Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1714. 
Hannah Farley, dau. of Benjamin and Joanna, b. Jan. 31, 1757. 
Sarah Farley, " " " " " b. Sept. 28, 1761. 

Samuel Hasselton, IloUis, N. H., m. Molly Farley, of Lex., June 2, 

1761. 
Israel Putnam, of Bedford, m. Rebecca Farley, of Lex., Jan. 5, 1763. 
Benjamin Farley, of Lex. was in the French war in 1757. 



THE FARMER FAMILY. 

Edward Farmer, son of John Farmer, of Ansley, "Warwick- 
shire, Eng., came to this country as early as 1672, and settled in 
Billerica, where he d. May 27, 1727, aged 87. Mary his wife d. 
Mar. 26, 1719, aged 78. 

The name appears on Lex. records about 1748, when Nathaniel 
Farmer was taxed. 

Nathaniel Farmer m. May 28, 1755, Hannah Fessenden, dau. 
of Thomas and Hannah (Prentice) Fessenden. He was a member 
of Capt. Parker's company, and like a true patriot was on the ground 
on the 19th of Apr. 1775. He received a severe wound on the 
morning of that memorable day. A ball struck his right arm, and 
so fractured the bone, that he was disabled for a long time ;— pieces 
of bone were extracted from the arm several months afterwards. 
The Legislature made him a grant of £15 15*. for loss of labor and 
expense of surgical attendance. 

\John, b. July 18, 1757 ; m. Mar. 27, 1783, Lucy Reed. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 28, 1760 ; m. May 6, 1777, Jacob Kilburn, of 

Lancaster. 
Isaac, b. Oct. 8, 1762 ; d. young. 

Ruth, b. Aug. 15, 1765. 6 Abigail, b. Nov. 6, 1768. 

Sally, I. . -, -n„„ -.q .^r.. , ^ m. Feb. 12, 1794, Samuel 
Rebecca, \ *^'"' ' ^- ^""- l^' 1^/ 1 ; ^ ^pj^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ 

Thomas Shattuck, bap. Sept. 10, 1775. 
Isaac, b. Dec. 31, 1779. 



John Farmer m. Mar. 27, 1783, Lucy Reed, of Camb. He was 
a soldier in the war of the Revolution from the town of Lexington. 



THE FASSETT FAMILY^ 

The Fassetts came to this country from Scotland. John Fassett 
was made freeman in 1654. Nathaniel Fassett was taxed in Concord 
in 1666. There were one or more families of this name in Billerica 
at an early day. It is probable that the Lex. Fassetts descended 
either from the family in Con. or Bil., as they resided near the cor- 
ner of these towns — their residence being at what is known as the 



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Page place, in Bed., which was formerly a part of Lex, The Fas- 
setts were never numerous in Lex., though one individual was at one 
time prominent and influential. 

Joseph Fassett, and his wife Mary, were in Lex. in 1701, having 
made their peace with the church at that time. In 1708, he was 
chosen one of the assessors in the precinct, and in 1714, one of the 
assessors in the town. Subsequently he became quite popular, 
filling various offices. He was one of the assessors nine years, filled 
the office of selectman about as long, and for several years repre- 
sented the town in the General Court. We find no record of any 
children of theirs except Joseph, who was born Dec. 6, 1701. Jo- 
seph Fassett, and his wife Mary, both died about 1753 or 4. She 
was dau. of William Munroe, the ancestor of the Lex. Munroes. 



Amity 



about 1726. 



Joseph Fassett ra 
1755, and she m. June 15, 1756, John Page, of Bed 



He d. Aug. 14, 
In his will, 



dated 1755, he mentions wife Amity, sons Joseph, John, and Jon- 
athan, and dau. Sarah and Amity Newton. He filled several town 
offices. 

Joseph, b. Jan. 18, 1727 ; d. same day. 

Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1729 ; d. Oct. 12, same year. 

\Joseph, b. Mar. 21, 1730; m. Dorothy Pollard, of Bed. 

Amity, b. Feb. 1, 1732; m, Nov. 14, 1754, Simon Newton, of Bed. 

Mary, b. May 9, 1736. 8 John, b. Dec, 7, 1739. 

Jonathan, b. Mar. 15, 1742. 10 Sarah, bap. Jan. 22, 1744. 



Joseph Fassett m. May 6. 1756, Dorothy Pollard, of Bedford. 
He was a lieut., and d. at the Lake in the French war, Sept. 16, 
1758, aged 29 years. She m. Feb. 21, 1760, Ebenezer Page, of 
Bedford, son of her father-in-law. 



Joseph, b. Apr. 10, 1757. 



12 Calley, b. June 21, 1758. 



THE FESSENDEN FAMILY. 

The Fessendens were probably not in the precinct, till about the 
time it was erected into a town, in 1713; though they were in old 
Cambridge much earlier. John Fessenden came from Kent Co., 
Eng., and settled in Cambridge about 1635. He was ad. a freeman 
in 1641. He was a member of the ch., and was selectman in 1656, 
'61, '63, and '65. He d. Jan. 13, 1666, leaving no children. Hia 
wife Jane d. Jan. 13, 1682, aged 80. His relative, Nicholas Fes- 
senden, came over from England at his request, it is said, and inher- 
ited his estate, which was very considerable for that day. Nicholas 
is supposed to have been a nephew of John. 

Nicholas Fessenden m. Margaret Cheney. He was b. in Eng- 
land about 1650. He resided in Cambridge, where he had a numer- 
ous family, and d. Feb. 24, 1719, in his 69th year. She d. Dec. 10, 
1717, in her 62d year. 

Jajie, b. Nov. 28, 1674; d. Aug. 24, 1676. 
Hannah, b. July 27, 1676; d. Aug. 4, 1676. 

J()h7i, b. Nov. 4, 1678; m. Sarah . 

Nicholas, h. Jan. 21, 1681 ; grad. at IL C. 1701, was distinguished 
as a teacher in Camb. He m. Sarah Cooledge, wid. of Stephen. 
Thomas, b. Jan. 4, and d. Jan. 28, 1682. 



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\TJiomas, b. Aug. 12, 1684; he was three times married. 

Margaret, b. Jan. 22, 1687; d. unm. 

Jane, b. Apr. 22, 1688; ra. Jan. 10, 1712, Samuel Winship, who 
was high sheriff of Middlesex county. 

Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1689; m. June 15, 1712, Joshua Parker. 

Wiliiam, b. 1694 ; m. first, Oct. 10, 1716, Martha Wyeth, and second, 
Jan. 4, 1728, Martha Brown. He d. May 26, 1756. He resided 
in Camb., had a family of eleven children, the youngest of whom, 
Thomas, was bap. July 15, 1739, grad. at H. C. 1758, was or- 
dained at Walpole, N. H., 1767. He m. Elizabeth Kendall, and 
had a numerous family, the eldest of whom was well known in this 
community. Thomas G. Fessenden grad. at Dart. C. 1796 ; he 
was a lawyer, a wit, and a poet, whose writings left a sting behind. 
He was author of a satirical poem entitled, " Terrible Tractora- 
tion," which in its day made many laugh, and a few wince. He 
was distinguished as an agriculturalist, and edited for some years 
"The New England Farmer." He d. in Boston. 

Through another branch of the family of William Fessenden, (No. 
11 in this table,) descended G. Samuel Fessenden, an eminent law- 
yer of Portland, Me., who has represented his district in Congress, 
and who was father of Hon. William Pitt Fessenden, the distin- 
guished senator in Congress from Maine at this time. 

~ ; m. Mindwell Oldham, Dec. 6, 1733 ? 



Joseph, b. 

Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1701 ; grad. at H. C. 1718, was ordained at 

Sandwich, Sept. 12, 1722, and d. there Aug. 7, 1746, leaving a 

family. 

Hannah, b. ; m. John Chipman, Sandwich? She d. 1758. 

Ebenezer, b. ; m. probably Elizabeth Bari-ett, and afterwards 

Alice Babcock. He lived and d. at Cambridge. 



Thomas Fessenden m. 1708, Abigail Poulter, dan. of Jonathan 
and Elizabeth Poulter, of Lex., b. Sept. 5, 1692. She d. April 25, 
1719, aged 27; and he m. Jan. 8, 1720, Abigail Locke, dau. of 
Joseph Locke, of Lex. She d. June 12, 1736, and he m. Anne 
PhiUebrown, Dec. 2, 1737. He d. Mar. 6, 1738. He probably 
came to Lex. about the time of his first marriage ; he o. c. in 1709, 
when their first child was baptized. 

\Tliomas, b. Dec. 9, 1709 ; m. 1735, Hannah Prentice, of Camb. 

\Samuel, b. Aug. 11, 1711 ; m. May 21, 1740, Elizabeth Allen. 

Abigail, b. July 13, 1713; m. Wellington. 

Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1716 ; m. Wm. Brown, of Walt., moved to Conn. 

Elizabeth, b. Mar. 8, 1721 ; m. Apr. 27, 1758, Samuel Hutchinson. 

Jonathan, b. Apr. 28, 1723 ; m. June 4, 1747, Martha Crosby, of 
Quincy, where he lived. 

Hannah, b. June 18, 1725 ; d. same year. 

Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1727 ; d. Apr. 21, 1729. 

John, b. Apr. 27, 1729; m. Nov. 23, 1769, Elizabeth Wyman, r. in 
Rutland. 

Timothy, b. May 6, 1731 ; m. Elizabeth Pierce, dau. of Jonas Pierce, 
of Lex. They r. in Westminster, where he d. Mar. 1, 1805, ast. 74. 

Benjamin, b. Jan. 9, 1734; was twice m., resided in Milton, Brain- 
tree, Watertown, and Boston, where he d. Apr. 30, 1801. 

SuhmU, b. May 28, 1736. 



Thomas Fessenden m. June 19, 1735, Hannah Prentice, of Camb. 
They were ad. to the ch. in Lex., Oct. 16, 1737, when their first child 
was bap. He d. July 22, 1768. 



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Hatmali, h. Aug. 9, 1736 ; m. May 20, 1755, Nathaniel Fanner. 
Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1738; d, July 13, 1741. 

\ 'Thomas, b. July 10, 1741 ; m. Elizabeth Apthorp, and Lucy Lee. 
Aa7-on, b. Dec. 30, 1744 ; m. Sarah Locke. They resided a short 

time in Cambridge, and then removed to Townsend, where they d. 
NathanieU b. June 7, 1740 ; m. first, Lydia Bemis, about 1770, who 

was killed by the chance shot of a gun, holding at the time her 

only son (Ichabod) in her arms. He m. second, Elizabeth Webb, 

of Danvers, r. in Medford. 
\Nathan, b. Apr. 10. 1749, m. Sarah Winship, Oct. 17, 1771. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 9, 1753 ; m. Mar. 4, 1773, Isaac Winship, brother of 

Sarah above. 
Isaac ? bap. Oct. 23, 1757. 



Samuel Fessenden m. May 21, 1740, Elizabeth Allen. He was 
ad. to the ch. in Lex., May 10, 1746. He d. Nov. 1, 1771. She d. 
Sept. 4, 1802, aged 91 years. 

Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1741 . 

Amity, b. June 15, 1743 ; m. Dec. 15, 1773, Solomon Pierce. 
Abigail, b. July 20, 1747 ; m. Jan. 22, 1765, John Hill, of Bil. 
Samuel, bap. July 6, 1749 ; m. Sarah Pierce, sister of Solomon, Nov. 
21, 1771. 



Thomas Fessenden m. Mrs. Elizabeth Apthorp. She d. and he 
m. Dec. 7, 1775, Lucy Lee, of Con. He d. Feb. 25, 1804. She d. 
June 19, 1820, aged 66. 

Nelly, b. Apr. 10, 1769 ? 

Thomas, b. June 5, 1772 ; d. Mar. 7, 1807, aged 35. 

Lucy, b. Apr. 2, 1777 ; d. young. 

William, b. June 13, 1779 ; m. Apr. 26, 1802, Eunice Frost, and 

moved to N. H. 
Lucy, b. Sept. 16, 1782 ; d. about 1804. 
Betsey Apthorp, b. Sept. 8, 1787 ; m. Elias Viles. 
John, b. Mar. 13, 1794. 



Nathan Fessenden m. Oct. 17, 1771, Sarah Winship. He d. 
Apr. 24, 1797. 

\Nathan, b. Apr. 25, 1772; m. Jane Goodrich. 
Isaac, b. Apr. 12, 1776 ; m. Mary Doane, of Boston, r. there. 
Jonathan, b. May 18, 1779 ; r. in Portland, m. Betsey Drinkwater. 
Lydia, b. May 28, 1782; m. Elisha Tainter, of Med., r. there. 
John, b. Dec. 25, 1784 ; went to Portland, where he r. He d. Aug. 

7. 1849. 
Sally, b. Oct. 13, 1788; m. William Lovejoy, of Milford, N. H., r. 

there. 
Nathaniel, b. Jan. 6, 1791 ; d. 1821, unm. 



Nathan Fessenden m. June 11, 1801, Jane Goodrich, of Lu- 
nenburg. He d. Feb. 26, 1866, aged 93 years. She d. Feb. 10, 
1849, aged 70 years. 

Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1802 ; m. Darius Fillebrown. She d. Nov. 

16, 1849. 
Caroline, I ^ T\,f„,. a icni . S ^- Oct. 8, 1835, William Grover. 



Maria, 



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Harriet, b. Sept. 8, 180G ; in. Nov. 4, 1841, James Ingals, of Town- 
send. 

Nathan, b. June 15, 1808. He r. on the old homestead, has for 
several years filled the office of assessor. 

Albert F., b. Aug. 23, 1810; m. Eliza Johnson. No issue. 

Charles, b. Nov. 5, 1S12; he went to Fitehburg, where he m. Mar- 
tha Newton. She d. 1851, and he m. he rsister Sarah C. He r. 
in Fitchburg. 

Levi G., b. Oct. 30, 18U; m. Sarah Strattori, Oct. 22, 1849, r. in 
Ohio. 

Hannah, b. June 2, 1817; m. Jan. 6, 1851, Darius Fillebrown. 

Jane, b. Mar. 30, 1820; m. Dec. 14, 1847, Chas. G. Davis, of Wo. 



THE FISKE FAMILY. 

" There was," says Bond, in his history of Watertown, " a consid- 
erable number of early immigrants of the name of Fiske, who settled 
in Massachusetts ; and there is good reason to believe that they were 
all descendants of Robert and Sibil (Gold) Fiske, who lived at 
Broad Gates, Loxfield, near Framingham, county Suffolk, Eng." 

David Fiske, probably came over to America in 1G36, and settled 
in Wat. where he was admitted freeman, Mar. 1G37. He was select- 
man in Wat. 1G40, and '43. His will, dated Sept. 10, 16G0, and 
proved Jan. 22, 1GG2, mentions no wife, but one dau. Fitch, and one 
son David, "sole executor and residuary legatee, giving him his 
house, lands, cattle and chattels." Aug. 6, 1G73, his son sold his 
homestead and two other lots of land in Wat. to John Cooledge. 



David Fiske b. 1624. He was a "planter," and Avas ad. free- 
man. May 2G, 1647 ; he settled either at first, or soon after, at Camb. 
Farms, in which place he became a prominent citizen. He m. first, 
Lydia Cooper, perhaps step-dau. of Dea. Gregory Stone, by whom 
he had three children. He m. second, Seaborn Wilson, dau. of 
William Wilson, of Boston. He d. Feb. 14, 1710. His wdl, dated 
Jan. 22, 1708, and proved Dec. 20, 1711, mentions, wife Seaborn, 
son Nicholas Wyeth, my dau being dead, children David, Elizabeth, 
and Abigail, cousin Samuel Stone, son of Dea. Sanmel Stone. In- 
ventory of his estate, £405 17s. 6d. Oct. IG, 1676, he and wife 
Seaborn, sold Samuel Page, one hundred and forty-nine acres in 
Wat. granted to his father David Fiske. David Fiske, or David 
Fiske, Sen., as he was designated in our early records, was not only 
one of the first settlers, but became one of the .most prominent and 
useful men in the precinct. He headed the subscription for a meet- 
ing-house in 1G92, and on the organization of the parish the year 
after, he was chosen clerk, and one of the selectmen or assessors. 
He was also chosen chairman of a committee to purchase of the town 
of Camb. a lot of land for the supjiort of the ministry. These and 
similar offices he frequently held under the parish. He was also a 
member of the ch. organized 1696, and his wife immediately after 
removed her relation from the ch. in Camb. to the ch. gathered in 
the precinct. He not only served his fellow-citizens in a civil and 
religious, but also in a military capacity, as appears by the prefix 
Lieut, which is often in the records connected with his name. He was 
also often employed by the colony as a surveyor. He resided on 
Hancock st. near the present residence of Joseph F. Simonds. 

A handsome monument was erected in 1856, by Benj. Fiske, Esq., 
with this inscription : "In memory of David Fiskk, who died Feb. 
14, 1710, and his descendants." 
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Lydia, h. Sept. 29, 1647 ; d. unm. 

\barid, b. Sept. 1, 1648; d. Oct. 23, 1729, aged 81. 

Seaborn, d. young. 

Elizabeth, b. ; m. John Russell, Camb. 

Anna, (Hannah,) m. Timothy Garter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter, 

first of Watertown, afterwards of Woburn. 
Abigail, m. Henry Baldwin, of Woburn. 



David Fiske m. Sarah , who d. April 22, 1729, aged 75. 

He d. Oct. 23, 1729. David F'iske, like his father, was a subscriber 
to the first meeting-house in 1692, and, like his father, was ready to 
sustain the institutions of religion, and was elected to the dignified 
office of tythingman. 



David, b. Jan. 5, 1675 ; m. Elizabeth . 

\Jonathan, b. May 19, 1679. 

\Robert, b. May 8, 1681 ; d. April 18, 1753. 

Anna, b. April 2, 1683. 

Lydia, b. May 14, 1685 ; m. Joseph Loring, of Lexington. 

Sarah, b. June 16, 1687. 

Abigail, b. ISIay 20, 1689; d. Aug. 13, 1691. 

\Ebenezer,h. Sept. 12, 1692; m. . 

Jonathan Fiske m. Abigail . His name first .appears 

upon the Lex. parish records in 1707, when Corp'l Jonathan Fiske 
was chosen one of the assessors. He was also a subscriber for the 
purchase of the Common in 1711 ; though the ch. records show that 
his dau. Abigail was bap. in 1704, when he o. c. He and his wife 
Abigail united with the ch. Oct. 24, 1708. He had a family of four- 
teen children, five of whom were born in Lex. and the rest in Sud- 
bury, to which place he removed about 1713, where he was a deacon. 
He and his wife were dismissed to the Sudbury ch. in 1718. His 
will, dated Nov. 13, 1742, mentions wife Abigail, five sons and seven 
dau., two of his children probably having died before that period. 

Abigail, bap. July 23, 1704; m. Samuel Pai'ris. 

Jonathan, bap. June 9, 1706 ; not mentioned in his father's will. 

Kezia, bap. Aug 8, 1708; m. Noyes. 

Lydia, bap. April 16, 1710; m. Patterson. 

Mary, bap. June 30, 1712; m. Feb. 1, 1739, Nathaniel Fiske, of 

Weston. 
Bepzibah, b. Oct. 30, 1713. 24 Bezaleel, b. Aug. 24, 1715. 

Samuel, b. May 3, 1717 ; m. and lived in Newton. 
Beulah,h. Nov. 1, 1718; m. first, Benjamin Stone, and second, 

1747, Benjamin Eaton, of Framingham. 
William, b. Sept. 4, 1720. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1722 ; m. Heard, of Sudbury. 

Anna, b. 1724. 30 David, b. Sept. 4, 1726. 

Benjamin, b. March 28, 1730. 



Robert Fiske m. May 27, 1718, Mary Stimpson, of Reading. 
Li 1711, he was a subscriber for the purchase of the Common. He 
was ad. to the ch. 1736. His residence was on Hancock st. at pr 
near the spot where Joseph F. Simonds now resides. Here his father 
David lived before him ; and hence this must have been one of the 
first settled places in the township. The present, which is probably 
the second house on this spot, was erected in 1732. Robert Fiske 
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His wife survived him a few years, and d. Feb. 11, 1757. He d. 
April 18, 1753. The inventory sheds light upon the manners and 
customs'' of the age. Among other things, we find the following : 
"Hat and wig, IUO5. Arms — yellow stock gun, £8 10s.; little 
gun, £5; carbine, 50s.; brass pistols, 50s.; rapier and belt, 12s.; 
three staves, 20s. ; two qans and two piggens, 15s. ; one loom, quill 
wheel and warping bars, 50s ; two pair of snow shoes, 30s. Books 
— General Practice of Physic, 30s. ; English Dispensatory or Synop- 
sis of Medicine, 30s. The Structure and Condition of Bones, 15s." 
By these items, it will be seen that the doctor Avas quite as well armed 
for the art of war as for the art of healing. 

Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1719 ; d. same day. 

Mary, b. Mai'ch 16, 1720 ; m. .fohn Buckman, and lived in Lex. 

^Robert, b. Jan. 23, 1722; m. Betty . 

Lydia, b. June 23, 1724; m. James Wilson, of Bedford. 

\ Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1726 ; m. Hepsibah Raymond. 

Buth, h. Nov. 15, 1729; ra. Farmer. 

'John,h. Nov. 8, 1731. He studied medicine, butit is doubtful whether 
he practiced to any extent. We find no account of his marriage, 
or children, or death. He was of Lex. in 1757, when Joseph 
Fiske, and John Fiske, physicians, heirs of Dr. Robert Fiske,.sold 
land to Jonas Parker. John Fiske, of Lex. was in the French and 
Indian war, 1754. 

Jonathan, b. March 20, 1734; m. Sept. 4, 1755, Abigail Locke, of 
Woburn. She was dau. of William and Jemima (Russell) Locke, 
who resided near the line of Lexington. We find no account of 
Jonathan Fiske, or family. He was of Lex. in 1752, when for a 
consideration he relinquished his right to his mother's thirds. 

\David, b. March 8, 1737 ; m. Elizabeth Blodgett. 



Ebenezer Fiske m. Dec. 4, 1718, Grace Harrington, of Wat. , 
by whom he had a child, which d. Aug. 25, 1721, and she d. four 
days after, aged 26. He m. second, Bethia Muzzy, dau. of Benj. 
and Sarah Muzzy. She d. Nov. 19, 1774, aged 74; and he d. Dec. 
19, 1775. The monumental stone in the Lex. old yard, has the hon- 
orable prefix of Lieut, to the name of Ebenezer Fiske. He appears 
to have been popular in his day, having been called to fill many offices 
in the town. He was selectman ten years between 1739 and 1758: 
He resided on the road to Concord, a little more than a mile from 
the Common, at the easterly side of a large swell of land, which 
from his residence and ownership has taken the name of " Fiske 
Hill." It was at this house that the gallant Hayward, of Acton, met 
a British soldier coming from the well, between whom shots were 
exchanged, with fatal effect on both sides. 



Sarah, bap. Nov. 24, 1723. 
Ebenezer, b. March 5, 1826. 

Epping, N. H. 
Bethia, b. Aug. 1, 1729 ; m. 



He was a physician, and settled at 



Oliver, of Boston. 

- Ellis. 



Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1731 ; m. — 

Jane, b. May 2, 1733 ; m. Josiah Hadley. 

Anna, b. July 29, 1735 ; m. Oct. 24, 1754, Oliver Barrett, of Con. 
She was grandmother of the late Rev. Dr. Barrett, of Boston, 
and Rev. Fiske Barrett, once settled at Lexington. 

Benjamin, b. May 4, 1737 ; d. young. 

Samuel, b. Oct. 5, 1739. He grad. at H. C. 1759, and was an Epis- 
copal clergyman In South Carolina. He d. 1777. 

\Benjamin, b. Aug. 10, 1742 ; d. Feb. 1, 1785. 



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KoREKT FisKK m. Betty . She d. Dec. 14, 1770. There is 

no record of his death ; but as he was in Lex. in 1764, and she was a 
will, in 1767, he must have d. between those periods. In 1767 wid. 
Betty Fiske bougiit eighty acres of land in Lex. bounded easterly on 
Wo. line, and westerly by land of Lemuel Simonds. Her will, dated 
Dee. 4, 1770, and proved Sept., 1771, mentions sons Robert, John, 
and David, and dau. Betty and Ruth. The record of this family is 
very defective. Robert Fiske, like his father, was a physician by 
profession, and appears to have led rather a wandering lifie. In 
1760 he was in the French war, in 1757 he was in Wo., and in 1764, 
he came to Lex., when we find this entry, '* Dr. Fiske and family 
came last from Woburn." 



Robert, b. 1756. 
Ruth, b. Oct. 30, 1765. 



51 \David, b. Nov. 23 1760. 
53 John. 54 Betty. 



Joseph Fiske m. Dec. 13, 1751, Ilepzibah Raymond. He d. 
Jan. 8, 1808, aged 81. She d. Oct. 9, 1820, at the advanced age of 
91. lie was a physician, and successor to his father, who d. about 
the time he commenced practice. He administered upon his father's 
estate, and resided in the same house. He probably had other 
children besides those named below, as the imperfect records speak 
of the death of at least one of his infant children. 

\Josej)h, b. Dec. 25, 1752 ; d. Sept. 25, 1837, aged 85. 

Ruth, b. April 20, 1758 ; m. May 7, 1795, John . 

Hepzibah, b. June 22, 1765 ; m. John Le Baron and went to Lit. 



David Fiske m. June 22, 1760, Elizabeth Blodgett. He was a 
weaver, and, to distinguish him from others of the same name, he 
was called '* Weaver David." He was famous as a hunter. Though 
the wild game was not very plenty in his day, he contributed greatly 
to thin oir the deer, bears, &c. He ran dowa and killed a stately 
buck on the hill over which the Burlington road ran, and hence it 
has taken the name of " Buck's Hill." He has left no record of his 
family; though from tradition, and intimations in the records, he 
must have had at least three children. He d. July 20, 1815. 

; m. April 14, 1788, Joseph Webber. They had 



Betsey, b. — 

Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1789, Susanna, b. July 9, 1791, and moved to 

Bedford. 
\David, b. 1756. 60 Benjamin. 



Benjamin Fiske m. May 14, 1767, Rebecca Howe of Concord. 
He d. Feb. 1, 1785, aged 42, and his wid. m. Mar. 28, 1786, Lieut. 
William Merriam of Bedford. 

\Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1774. 

Elizabeth, b. Apr. 7, 1783; m. May 29, 1802, William Wliitney of 

Shirley, son of Rev. Phineas Whitney of that town. She d. Feb. 

24, 1810, leaving two children, William F. and George H. 



David Fiske m. Abigail Harrington, dau, of Robert and Abigail 
(Mason) Harrington. He was a physician, and resided at the 
corner of Elm avenue and Bedford street, where Mr. James Gould 
now resides, which place, consisting of a house and an acre of land, 
he bought of Mrs. Ruth Harrington in 1777. He d. Nov. 20, 1803, 
and was buried in masonic order, being a member of that fraternity. 
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; m. Sally Robbins of West Camb. 
; d. young. 



Rohert, b. — 
Abigail, b. - 
Betserj, b. Oct. 17, 1782; m. Nov. 29, 1810, Joseph Newell of New 

Ipswich, N. H. 
John, b. ; m. Lydia Pierce ; resided in Winchester, and d. 

1858. 

Mary, b. ; d. young. 

Cliloe, b. ; scalded Feb. 16,1794. 69 Peter, b. . 



Joseph Fiske m. July 31, 1794, Elizabeth Stone, b. Nov. 13, 
1770. She d. Mar. 6, 1842. He was a surgeon in the continental ser- 
vice during almost the entire Revolution — was at the capture of Bur- 
goyne, the surrender of Yorktown, and many of the intermediate bat- 
tles. Dr. Fiske was one of the original members of the Society of 
Cincinnati, formed by the officers at the close of the war in 1784, — a 
society whose benefactions have gladdened the heart of many a widow 
and orphan. His son, Joseph, had in his possession the certificate 
of membership, with the sign manual of George Washington, presi- 
dent, and Gen. Knox, secretary. He was also a member of the 
Massachusetts Medical Society. He d. May 4, 1860, aged 63. 

Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1795 ; m. Dec. 5, 1819, Richard Fisher of 
Camb. 

Joseph, b. Feb. 9, 1797 ; m. Nov. 12, 1829, Mary Gardner Kennard 
of Eliot, Me. Their children are Joseph Alexander, b. Mar. 8, 
1830, and m. Love Langdon Dodge of Methuen, and lives at Law- 
rence; Timothy Kennard, b. Aug. 5, 1833, and m. Dec. 25, 1857, 
Barbara Peters. 

Jonas Stone, b. May 9, 1799 ; m. May 8, 1823, Pamela Brown, dan. 
of James Brown. They had two children, Mary Elizabeth, b. 
June 2, 1824, and James Francis, b. Dec. 31, 1825. They reside 
in West Camb. Jonas Stone Fiske d. Mar. 23, 1828. 

Sarah, b. May 18, 1802; d. Dec. 27, 1825, unm. 

Franklin, b. Oct. 16, 1804; m. Oct. 3, 1839, Hannah Peters of 
Newport, N. H. They have two children, Charles A., b. Dec. 
25, 1842 ; he was in the array and was severelv wounded ; Joseph 
H. R., b. Sept. 8, 1843. 

Alniira, b. June 24, 1808 ; m. Mar. 5, 1828, Zadoc Harrington. She 
d. Jan. 22, 1834. 



David Fiske m. Apr. 26, 1784, Sarah Hadley. She d. May 21, 
1804, and he m. second, Wid. Ruth Trask, May 6, 1806. He d. 
Aug. 17, 1820, aged 61. He had ten children by his first wife, and 
three by his second. He entered the service as a fifer in the com- 
pany of Capt. Edmund Munroe, and served to the close of the war. 
For the sake of distinction he was denominated " Fifer David." 
There is no record of his family, and but little information can be 
obtained concerning them. He d. Aug. 17, 1820, aged 6L 



Ruth, b. 



m. 1804, Philip Thomas of Rindge, N. H. 



\Jonathan, b. April 15, 1786 ; m. Rowena Leonard. 

Sarah, b. ; m. Henry Spear and went to New York. 

David, b. ; m. Aug. 25, 1820, Chloe Trask. 

Samuel, b. ; d. unra. aged about 30. 

\Benjamin, b. April 27, 1798; m. Sarah Daland. 

Anna, b. ; m. Sept. 10, 1820, Oliver Winship. 

Charles, b, ; went to sea and never returned. 

Patty, b. ; m. Daniel Gray and moved to Keene. 

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resides in Boston. 
— : resides in Boston. 



Benjamin Fiske m. May 16, 1797, Elizabeth Bridge, dau. of 
Rev. Mr. Bridge of Chehrisford. She d. Oct. 20, 1814, and he m. 
second, Xancy Adams of Westford. He moved to Boston in 1808, 
and was engaged in navigation till 1848. In 1843 he returned to 
Lex. and located himself on a large flirm situated on Lowell street, 
where he d. He served as alderman in Boston in 1843, and as repre- 
sentative from 1833 to 1838. He held a justice's commission. He 
d. Feb. 2, 1858, aged 84. 

John Minot, b. July 15, 1798 ; m. Eliza Winn of Salem. He was 
grad. H. C. 1815, studied law, and d. in Chelmsford, Aug., 1841. 

Louisa, b. Mav 30, 1801 ; m. Dr. Cyrus Briggs of Augusta, Me. 

Charles, b. Nov. 17, 1807 ; m Nov. 8, 1831, Abigail Hayden of 
Boston. She d. March 28, 1859, aged 47. He m. again. Chil- 
dren, Frances Albertine, b. Nov. 1, 1832, m. June 8, 1852, 
Thomas B. Davenport of Hop. ; Charles, b. May 27, 1834, m. 
April 4, 1855, Adeline W. Shaw of Augusta, Me. ; William B., 
b. June 23, 1836, m. Oct. 15, 1855, Henriette S. Lyford of Bos- 
ton. Henry A., b. April 23, 1840; Marion, b. Jan. 28, 1846, 
d. Jan. 12, 1864; Abbie Josephine, b. Nov. 18, 1848. The last 
three children were b. in Lex., and first three in Maine, where he 
then resided. 

Benjamin, b. Oct. 15, 1811 ; d. June 18, 1812. 

Benjamin, b. Nov. 20, 1820; m. Oct. 21, 1842, Maria Spear of 
Boston. He resided in New York city for a time, now resides in 
Medford, Jlass. 



Jonathan Fiske m. Rowena Leonard. 

Eliza, b. 1806 ; m. Pierce and went to Cavendish, Vt. 

George, b. ; d. about 1830, unm. 

Maria, b. ; m. Dr. Haley and moved to Philadelphia, where 

he d. She m. again and went to Texas. 

Sarah, b. ; r. in Boston. 

Caroline, b. about 1821 ; r. in Boston. 

Roioena, b, 1825 ; m. David Massy and resides in Boston. 

John, b. Nov. 6, 1827 ; m. Julia Denow, March 13, 1856, resides in 

Billerica. They have one child. She was of Lincolnville, Me. 



Benjamin Fiske m. SArah Daland of Westford. 

18, 1806. 



She was b. Jan. 



Benjamin Ichabod, h. Oct. 6, 1828 ; m. Caroline Wood of Leomin- 
ster and r. in West Cambridge. 

Louisa J)., b. Feb. 21, 1830; m. George Reed of Auburn, N. H. 

Frederic G. I)., b. Oct. 3, 1831 ; killed at the second Bull Run 
battle. 

Hannah E. D., b. June 5, 1834 ; m. Nathan Brown and r. in Walt. 

Dan Gray, b. Dec. 6, 1836. 

Charles Henry, b. April 23, 1838; killed in the army. 

Sarah Lovina, h. April 2, 1841. 

Mary Maria, b. March 16, 1843; m. March 24, 1861, Geo. G. 
Wheeler. 

Oliver 0., b. April 3, and d. April 5, 1845. 



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There was another family of Fiskes in Lexington having no con- 
nection with the David Fiske family. 

Samuel Fiske was b. in Salem, Sept. 30, 1789. He came to Lex. 
when a child, and resided with John Chandler, and by him was pre- 
sented for baptism. May 29, 1803. He m. Jan. 25, 1818, Ardelia L. 
Tufts of Charlestown, b. Jan. 7, 1795. She d. April 15, 1833. He 
resided in Lex. till about 1835, when he removed to Shirley, and 
from thence to Worcester, where he now resides. He represented 
Lex. in the General Court in 1828, '29, and '30. 

Lucy Ann, b. in Kinderhook, N. Y., May 7, 1819 ; m. Oct. 12, 1841, 
Joseph P. Hale of Bernardston. 

Ammi B., b. in Charlestown, Sept. 28, 1820; m. Dec. 28, 1846, 
Phebe James of Newburyport. 

Augusta, h. in Lex. Dec. 31, 1822; m. Sept. 3, 1848, Timothy W. 
Wellington. They moved to Shirley, and from thence to Wor. 

Lucretia, b. July 12, 1825; m. Oct. "^19, 1845, William Huds<m of 
Lex. They resided first in Lex., and in 1^51 removed to Wor. 
He entered the service of the LTnited States in 18G1, was in Burn- 
side's expedition to North Carolina, attached to the signal corps, 
where he d. of disease Aug. 20, 1862. He left two children, John 
A., b. Dec. 26, 1846, and William F., b. Oct. 3, 1848. 

Ardelia L., b. April 20, 1827 ; m. April 20, 1847, Lucius W. Pond 
of Worcester. 

Maria, b. Dec. 20, 1828; m. April 21, 1853, William C. Pinkerton 
of Lancaster, Pa. 

Lydia C, h. July 27, 1830. 

Baimiel, b. March 23, 1833. He went to Lancaster, Pa., and m. 
Sept. 26, 1856, Amanda Stoddart of Philadelphia. 



THE FIT(^H FAMILY. 

Albert Fitch b. Feb. 14, 1817, was the son of Almond Fitch of 
Bed. He came to Lex. in 1851, with his family. He m. Nov. 24, 
1841, Almira Cutler, dau. of Samuel Cutler, of Bed. b. Nov. ill, 
1818. He has been several times one of the overseers of the poor. 
They have had three children : Frederic A., b Dec. 5, 1842 ; Ellen 
Maria, b. Sept. 2, 184G, d. Aug. 4, 1848; Ella Almira, b. Jan. 16, 
1849. 



THE GAMMELL FAMILY. 

The first of this family came to this country about 1740, and set- 
tled in Boston. He had at least two sons, John and William, Johx 
Gammell was b. prior to 1750. He took an active part in many im- 
portant events which preceded the Revolution. He was engaged in 
the destruction of the tea, and also of the stamp office. Immedi- 
ately after the investment of Boston, he moved his family, consisting 
of a wife and one child, to Lex. On the 18th of June, 1775, he en- 
listed into the Revolutionary army. 

AViLLiAM Gammell, b. 1750, in Boston, where he lived till he was 
fourteen years old, when he moved to Chelmslbrd. Like his brother 
he was an ardent patriot, and joined the Revolutionary army. He 
m. Thankful Keyes, of Chelmsford, and moved to Hillsborou<>-b, 
N. U. about 1779. He had a family of seven children. 



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John Gammell, son of William, was b. in IIillsboroiif];li, Nov. 
12, 17«5. He came to Lex. in 180G, and m. May 17, 1810, Rlioda 
Robinson, dau of Joseph Robinson, of Lex. He d. Oct, 1, 186G, 
aged 81, and she died . 

John, b. Jan. 13, 1812; m. 184G, Martha A. Lakin, dau. of SamueL 

Eliza, b. Aug. 21, 1813 ; d. Jan. 14, 1848. 

Franklin, b. May 29, 1815; m. 1839, Emily C, dau. of Joseph E. 
Andrews, of Charlestown. He d. Feb. 22, 1842, — leaving one 
child, Joseph F., b. July 6, 1840. 

Men, b. March 7, 1817 ; m. July 13, 1845, Elvira Wiley, of Charles- 
town. She d. and he m. Nov. 3, 1850, Mary A. Butterfield, of 
Lex. He has had two children by his first wife, and eight by his 
second, viz. Lucy A., b. Oct. 29, 1846, d. Aug. 26, 1849; Eldora 
E., b. Dec. 1848, d. Aug. 29, 1849; Edwin H., b. Sept. 17, 1850, 
d. Aug. 29, 1857; Howard A., b. Dec. 19, 1852; Lucy E., b. 
I^ec. 5, 1854, d. Feb. 18, 1863; Ahbie M., b. Sept. 28, 1856, d. 
Feb. 16, 1863 ; Minnie, b. Nov. 5, 1858, d. Jan. 14, 1863 ; Oeorge 
R., b. Sept. 13, 1860; Annie G., b. Nov. 5, 1862, d. Sept. 6. 
1863; Nellie M., b. Feb. 6, 1866. A remarkable instance of 
mortality. 

Margaret A., b. Nov. 1, 1818; d. Nov. 12, 1850. 

Jonas, b. Oct. 10, 1820. He has served on the board of overseers 
of the poor, and six or seven years as a member of the school 
committee. 

Lucy, b. Jan. 1, 1822. 



GLEASON. — There have been from time to time persons in town 
by the name of Gleasox, but no permanent family till recently. 
George Gleason came to Lexington from Holden in 1753. Jonas 
Gleason m. April 30, 1771, Ruth Bacon, both of Lex. In 1772, 
Jonas was ad. to the ch , and his dau. Ruth bap. In 1795, he was 
dismissed to the ch. of Bedford. In 1776, Benjamin Gleason was 
taxed both for personal and real estate. There are two families of 
Gleasons in town at the present time, but the records do not furnish 
a connected list of the families, and no list being furnished us we 
are obliired to omit them. 



THE GODDARD FAMILY. 

Edward Goddakd was a wealthy farmer in Norfolk, England. 

William Goddakd, the seventh son of Edward, m. Elizabeth 
Miles, dau. of Benj. Miles. They resided in London, where they 
had six children, three of whom d. young. He and his wife, with 
their three remaining children, William, Joseph, and Robert, came 
to N. E. in 1665, and settled in Watertown, where he was made free- 
man in 1677, and ad. to the ch. in 1688, and d Oct. 6, 1691. She 
d. Feb. 8, 1698. He must have been a man of more than ordinary 
education, for he was employed by the town to " teach such children 
as were sent to him to learn the rules of the Latin tongue." They 
had five children b. in Watertown, two of whom d. young. 

Edward Goddard, the youngest child of William, was b. in 
Watertown, March 24, 1675; m. June, 1697, Susanna Stone. He 
was a schoolmaster, and taught successively in Watertown, Boston, 
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place of honoi" and pro6t in the town of Framingham, where he took 
up his final residence ; and the period during which he filled the 
dififerent offices, furnishes the best evidence of his ability and fidelity. 
He was town clerk eighteen years, selectman ten years, town trea- 
surer two years, representative eight years, and a member of the 
executive council three years. He was also a justice of the peace, 
and the captain of a company of horse. He d. Feb. 9, 175i, aged 
79. They had nine children. 

David Goddard, the third son of Edward, b. Sept. 26, 1706, 
grad. at H. C. 1731. He studied theology and settled at Leicester, 
June 30, 1769. He m. Aug. 19, 1736, Mercy Stone, of Watertown. 
She d. Jan. i, 1753, and he m. Dec. 20, 1753, Martha, wid. of 
Joseph Nichols, of Framingham. He visited Framingham during the 
prevalence of an epidemic, known there as the " great sickness," 
contracted the disease, and d. Jan. 19,1754, within less than a month 
of his marriage. His father and mother fell a prey to the same dis- 
ease about the same time. His ministry was prosperous and happy. 
He had nine children. 

William Goddard, the second son of David, was b. April 21, 
1740, grad. at H. C. 1761, and was settled as a minister at West- 
moreland, N. H., 1764. He m. Aug. 14, 1765, Rhoda Goddard, 
dau. of Edward and Hepzibah Goddard, his cousin. He was dis- 
missed from Westmoreland on account of ill-health in 1775, removed 
to Orange, Mass., 1778, thence to Petersham, 1779, where he d. 
June 16, 1788, aged 48; she d. Dec 7, 1820, aged 80 years. They 
had eleven children — nine born in Westmoreland and two in Peter- 
sham. 

Asahel Goddard, the youngest son of William, b. in Petersham, 
May 6, 1780, m. Jan. 1, 'l808, Nancy Keyes, of Reading, Vt., b. 
June 7, 1787. They resided in Reading, where all their children but 
the youngest were born. He d. June 1, 1859. 

Eliza, b. Nov. 4, 1808 ; m. Jan. 25, 1848, Homer H. Hammond, 

widower of her sister Nancy. 
Amelia, b. April 6, 1810; d. Nov. 13, 1828. 

\Alonzo, b. May 27, 1814; m. April 8, 1841, Elizabeth N. Smith. 
Nancy Maria, b. April 27, 1817 ; m. Sept, 22, 1844, Homer H. 

Hammond. 
Marcia, b. July 26, 1819. 

Lucia, b. Feb. 6, 1822 ; m. Dec. 2, 1852, Carlos Wardner. 
Asahel, b. June 8, 1827 ; d. Oct. 14, 1847. 
^Solomon Keyes, b. at Windsor, Vt., Oct. 3, 1831 ; m. Elizabeth M. 

Keyes. 



Alonzo Goddard m. April 8, 1841, Elizabeth N. Smith, dau. of 
Ebenezer and Anna (Underwood) Smith. He has for several years 
served as one of the selectmen. He came to Lexington to reside 
permanently about 1850. 



Ellen E., b. April 29, 1845; m. 

They have Alonzo E., b. Oct. 

1867. 
Alonzo A., b. April 1, 1847, 



May 31, 1863, Everett S. Locke. 
13, 1863; Martha C, b. Oct. 20, 



Solomon K. Goddard m. May 31, 1858, Elizabeth M. Keyes, 
dau. of Solomon and Sophronia (Darly) Keyes. He came to Lex- 
ington, 1852, where he is now in trade. They have but one child — 
Mina Keyes, b. Nov. 2, 1864. 
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GODDING. — Henry Godding and his wife Sarah confessed, 
and were ad. to the ch. in Lexington, May 1, 1761, and their first 
child Samuel, was bap. Tliey were in 1766, dismissed to Rowk^y, 
Canada. John and Thomas Godding were in the French war from 
Lexington, 1762. 



GOODWIN. — Philip Goodwin, by wife Elizabeth, had 3Iar- 
garet, b. Jan. 25, 1700; Abigail, b. June 28, 1707; John, b. Oct. 
28, 1710. 



THE GOULD FAMILY. 

James Gould was b. in Boston, 1749. Being a wheelwright, he 
supplied wagons for the army during the revolution. He m. Anna 
Lawrence, who was b. 1742, and d. 1824, aged 82. He d. in 1789. 
They had five children, three of whom married, viz , Thomas, Abi- 
gail, and Mary. 

Thomas Gould was b. in Bridgewater, 1785 ; m. 1806, Sophia 
Lovis, who d. 1812, leaving three children. He m. Lydia Pierce, b. 
1790, dau. of Jonas and Lydia (Prentice) Pierce. 

Thomas Gould, Jr., b. in Boston, 1808; m. 1829, Lydia Ann 
W. Teel, b. in Newburyport, 1805. They resided in Boston till 
1840, when they removed to Lex. 

Ann Maria, b. 1831 ; d. 1832, aged 7 months. 

Thomas W., b. 1834; m. 1855, Caroline Goddard of Boston, where 

they reside. 
Charles W., b. 1836; d. 1865. 

Sophia Lovis, b. 1838; m. 1861, Edward B. Bailey of Waltham. 
A7ma Matilda, b. 1841. 
Luaj M. B., b. 1843; m. 1864, Frank Whiting. 



James Gould, from the same parent stock, m. March 26, 1826, 
Caroline W. Brooks, dau. of Calvin Brooks of Ashburnham. They 
resided in Charlestown till about 1845, when they moved to Lex. 

Francis J., b. Jan. 24, 1828; grad. H. C. 1850; m. Sept. 26, 1859, 

Martha A. Rice. He is a physician, r. in Georgia. 
Mary Caroline, b. July 10, 1830 ; d. May 24, 1864. 
Catharine Ann, b. Jan. 26, 1833 ; m. Jan. 13, 1860, Peter W. 

Hyndman of Prince Edwards Island, r. there. 
Rebecca Hicks, b. April 13, 1835 ; m. Jan. 5, 1862, Leonard A. 

Saville. 
Charles A., b. Oct. 10, 1837. He served in the army, and rose to 

the rank of captain — is now in Louisville, Ky. 
Arthur Frederic, b. July 30, 1841 ; he served nine months in the 

army in the rebellion. 
Sarah B., b. Dec. 17, 1843. 
Ellen Maria, b. Oct. 12,-1847 ; d. Dec. 16, 1866. 



THE GRAHAM FAMILY. 

Hugh Graham, b. in Putney, Vt., Dec. 6, 1804, was a son of 
Alexander Graham, who was son of Alexander Graham, one of the 
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m. April 6, 1837, HepzibaL Marshall of Lunenburg. They have 
had four children : Mary Jane, b. March 19, 1843; Martha A.,h. 
Oct. 6, 1845, d. June 4, 1865 ^ Sarah M., b. Aug. 10, 1851 ; George 
A., b. Oct. 14, 1854. 



THE GREEN FAMILY. . 

This name has never been common in Lexington. Samuel Green 

m. Esther . They probably came from Wo., where the Greens 

were numerous ; and his wife was ad. to the ch. in Lex. Aug. 24, 
1724, by a letter of dismission from the ch. in Wo. They came to 
Lex. about 1718. as their first child was bap. in Lex. that year. He 
held some subordinate town office in 1724. There is but little known 
of this family. They probably resided near the middle of the town, 
as he was employed in 1720 to ring the bell, sweep the meeting 
house, and keep the key. He d. Aug. 10, 1759, aged 63. 

Estlier, b. Sept. 7, 1718; m. Sept, 26, 1734, when she was only 16, 
Amos Muzzy. He d. June 26, 1752, and she m. May 4, 1758, 
Thomas Prentice, Esq., 'of Newton, who d. March 3, 1760. 

Phebe, b. April 22, 1721 ; d. Aug. 9, 1722. 

\SamueU b. April 17, 1723. 

Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1727; ad. to ch. Nov. 7, 1742; d. June 10, 
1750. 

Benjamin, b. Dec. 2, 1732 ; probably went to Waltham and m. 1756, 
Martha Brown, and in 1770 m. Eunice Smith. This may have 
been the Benjamin Green who d. in Lex. Oct. 26, 1822. 



Samuel Green m. April 3, 1750, Kezia Smith, 
or nothing known of this family. 



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Samuel, bap. Aug. 16, 1752 ; perhaps the Samuel Green who was 
dismissed to the ch. in Charlemont, March 28, 1779. 



There were other Greens in Lex. from time to time, but whether 
they were connections of the Samuel Green family, I have no means 
of knowing. 

Tlioma^ Green came to Lex. from Camb. 1782. 

William Green and family came from Wo. 1792. 

Lucy Clark Green d. in Lex. Oct. 28, 1793. 

Benjamin Green was taxed in Lex. in 1784 and 1785, and subse- 
quently as a non-resident. 

Isaax: Green, of Lex., m. Sept. 5, 1778, Eleanor Tufts of Medford. 



THE GREENLEAF FAMILY. 

The Greenleaf family of Lex. probably descended from Edmund 
Greenleaf of Newbury, who settled there 1635. He had a son, 
Stephen, who m. Sarah Kent, and had among other children Stephen, 
who m. Elizabeth Gerrish in 1676. They had a large family, and 
among them Stephen, b. Oct. 21, 1690. This Stephen was probably 
the Stephen Greenleaf of Medford, who m. Mary, and had six chil- 
dren. Gardiner, their first child, b. Jan. 9, 1726, m. Jan. 21, 1748, 
Catharine Thompson. He d. Nov. 21, 1808. 

Jonathan Greenleaf, the fourth child of Gardiner, b. June 9, 
1754, m. May 5, 1778, Joanna Manning. 



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Jonathan, b. Feb. 16, 1784. 

Joanna, b. Dec. 28, 1786 ; m. Amos Locke of Lex. 

William, b. Oct. 7, 1788. 

\Thomas, b. Aug. 1, 1791 ; m. Oct. 2, 1822, Phebe Reed. 

Mary 31., b. Dec. 28, 1792; d. unm. aged 17. 

Joseph, h. Jan. 31, 1794; d. unm. 

Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1797 ; m. Upson. 



Thomas Greenleaf m Oct. 2, 1822, Phebe Reed, dau. of»Joshua 
and Susanna (Leathers) Reed. He d. Sept. 29, 1862, aged 70. He 
resided in Lex. 

William, b. Oct. 25, 1825; m. Esther Horton of Gorham, Me. 

Thomas, b. Dec. 17, 1826. 

Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1830 ; d. May 17, 1848. 



THE GRIMES FAMILY. 

There were Grimeses in Lex. at the time the town was incorpo- 
rated. The earliest record of any of the name is June 28, 1713. 
when Jonathan Grimes was bap., but the name of the parents is not 
given, nor have I ascertained from what place they came. George 
Grimes d. in Lex. July 28, 1716, aged 76. He could hardly have 
been the father of Jonathan. I am inclined to believe that William 
is the ancestor of the Lex. family. It is most likely he had other 
children, but I will set down the family as follows : 

William Grimes m. Mary, who was ad. to the ch. June 30, 1717. 
He d. June 1, 1719, aged 43. His gravestone is in the old yard in 
Lexington. 



\William., b. 1706. 

Jonathan, bap. June 28, 1713. 

Elizabeth, bap. June 30, 1717. 



3 Mary, b. . 

5 Joseph, bap. Aug. 21, 1715. 
7 Ruth, bap. May 13, 1719. 



William Grimes m. Bethia . He d. Dec. 3, 1766, aged 60, 

and she d. March 15, 1772, aged 49. 

\William, b. Sept. 19, 1744; m. Jan. 21, 1766, Abigail Reed. 

Joseph, b. Oct. 22, 1746 ; d. March 26, 1750. 

John, bap. Dec. 25, 1748; d. March 28, 1750. 

Mary, bap. July 28, 1751 ; m. Sept. 18, 1770, Samuel Ditson of Bil. 

Sarah, bap. Aug. 14, 1753. 



William Grimes m. Jan. 21, 1766, Abigail Reed, dau. of Wil- 
liam and Abigail (Stone) Reed, b. Sept. 22, 1744. They were ad. 
to the ch. Nov. 8, 1767. He was a member of Capt. Parker's com- 
pany, was on the Common on the 19th of April, 1775, and was also 
in a detachment of that company called to Camb. May 10 and June 
17 of the same year. He also did other service in the revolutionary 
war. He resided in the north part of the town, near where Mr. 
Cummings now resides, on Grove Street, which place still retains the 
name of its original owner and occupant. They were dismissed to 
the ch. at Littleton, Jan. 20, 1793, to which place they had removed. 



William, b. May 22, 1768. 
Nathan, bap. Dec. 20, 1772. 



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THE GROVER FAMILY. 

John and Antipas Grovcr came to Lexington from Grafton in 
1789. The family have not been numerous, but remain in town to 
the present time. John and Antipas are believed to be brothers. 
Their father's name is said to be Benjamin, and hence we shall set 
down as the head of the family Benjamin Grover, probably of 
Grafton. 

John Grover m. Aug. 12, 1790, Polly Pierce. He resided in 
the part of the town commonly known as Scotland. She was b. Oct. 
12, 1770, and d. Oct. 15, 1854, aged 74. 

JoJin, b. April, 1792. He m. Sarah Merrlam, of Bedford. They 
resided a few years in Lexington, where they had three children 
born, viz. Mary Ann, Edward, and John; they then moved to 
Boston, where he died. 

Nathaniel, b. June 4, 1794. He went to Boston, m. Katharine 
Biscom, of Charlestown. They now reside in Chelsea. 

William, b. Oct. 17, 1796 ; m. Oct. 13, 1829, Lucy Harrington, and 
second, Oct. 8, 1834, Maria Fessenden, dau. of Nathan Fessen- 
den. They reside on Lowell street, near Woburn street. They 
have the following children. 

William Henrij, b. April 21, 1837. 

Caroline M., b. Sept. 6, 1838. She is a teacher in Boston. 

Charles A.,h. March 24, 1841. 

Mary Jane, b. Aug. 29, 1843 ; d. June 25, 1847. 

Alice Jane, b.Feb. 17, 1846. 



Antipas Grover m. May 27, 1794, Sarah Pierce. They lived 
on Lowell street near where George Munroe now resides. They had 
one child born in Lexington, as seen by the record — Nathan Grover 
b. Jan. 1, 1795. They buried an infant Feb. 4, 1796. They moved 
to Fitzwilliam, N. H. 



THE HADLEY FAMILY. 

The Hadleys, or Headleys, as the name is sometimes spelt in our 
records, first appear about 1740 ; from what place they came we have 
not ascertained. The records of the family are very imperfect, and 
tradition but poorly supplies the defect. 

Thomas Hadley m. April 15, 1741, Ruth Lawrence, dau. of 
Samuel and Elizabeth Lawrence. He d. July 15, 1788, in his 75th 
year, hence must have been born 1712. She d. May 26, 1819, at 
the advanced age of 94. He was a member of the gallant band who 
appeared under Capt. Parker in 1775. He was probably a son of 
Benjamin and Mehitable Hadley, of Groton, b. Aug. 11, 1712. 

Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1742 ; d. April 18, 1832, unm. aged 90. 

Thomas, b. July 8, 1744 ; d. in early infancy. 

\Samuel, b. July 9, 1746 ; killed on the Common, April 19, 1775. 

Euth, b. May 15, 1749 ; d. in infancy. 

Ebenezer, b. May 5, 1751 ; m. May 11, 1779, Phebe Winship. 

\Thomas, b. July 8, 1754. 

\Benjamin, b. July 25, 1756. 

Ruth, b. June 1, 1759; m. Nov. 30, 1780, James Fowle, of Camb. 

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11 SaraJi, b. Nov. 26, 17G4 ; m. April 26, 1784, David Fiske, Sd. 

12 Alary, b. May 20, 1767 ; d. in Boston, unm. 

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died for freedom on the first morning of the Revolution, and whose 
memory is embalmed in the hearts of his countrymen. After hia 
death his widow m. again. 

Ltfcy, bap. April 22, 1772. 

Beiii/, bap. May 24, 1772 ; m. Dec. 25, 1793, William Blackington, 

of West Cambridge. 
Samuel, bap. May 8, 1774. 

Thomas Hadi-ey m. Sept. 16, 1773, Alice Newton, of Bedford. 
She united with the ch. in Lexington, July 16, 1778. In September 
of the same year, three of their children. Amity, Alice, and Calley, 
were baptized. He probably d. about 1784, and she m. Feb. 21, 
1785, Samuel Merriam, of JBedford. The record of the marriage 
has this addendum : *' Said Alice Hadley married in a borrowed suit 
of cloathes." We find no record of the birth of his children ; but 
find the marriage of Thomas Statson, of Boston, and Amity Hadley, 
of Lexington, Feb. 26, 1792, who was probably his daughter. 
The singularity of her wedding suit probably arose from a notion 
which formerly prevailed, that if a man married a wife, and had no 
property with her, he could not be held responsible for any of her 
debts. Hence he took her without even the clothing she had on. 

Benjamin Hadley m. Lucy Dean, of Wilmington, He was a 
member of that patriot band commanded by Capt. Parker in 1775. 

— . He went to Charlestown, m. Martha Ireland, 



Benjamin, b. 

and d. 1852. 
Samuel, b. March 30, 1785 ; d. in the array, 1813. 
John, b. Aug. 10, 1788; m. Jan. 1, 1822, Susan Harrington. 



Thomas, b. 
Jonas, b. — 
Martha, b. 
Lucy, b. — 
Eliza, b. — 



m. Thankful Whitney, went to N. Y. 

m. Mary Ann Whitney. 
- ; m. Joseph Littlefield, lived at Somerville. 
m. Joseph Miller, lives at Sandwich. 

d. Aug. 1857, unm. in Lexington. 



As we have no record of this family, they may not be arranged in 
chronological order. 

Simon Hadley m. Jan. 27, 1791, Olive Porter, of Bedford. 
Previous to his marriage, we find this entry upon the town record : 
"Betsey Hadley, dau. of Simeon Hadley and Betty Locke, born 
April 11, 1784"; from which we infer that he may have had two 
wives, and that Olive Porter was his second wife. 



There are several families of Hadleys in town at the present day, 
but the imperfect records, and the want of the necessary information 
in the families on this subject, prevent a proper classification, or a 
connection of them with the Hadleys mentioned above. The follow- 
ing is all that has been obtained. 

Sewell Hadley. thought to be the son of Samuel, m. Lovlna 
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the following children, viz. Lovina, b. Aug. 31, 1819; m. Dec. 25, 

1844, George Stearns ; Seioell Thomas, b. ; Benjamin, b. Apr. 

12, 1828 ; Mary Ann, twin with Benjamin. 



Sewell Thomas Hadley m. Nov. 30, 1846, Millicent A. D. 
Lakin, dau. of Samuel. They have had Charles S., b. Sept. 22, 
18o0; d. Jan. 7, 1855; Avery T., b. May 25, 1853; Millicent A., 
b. Aug. 28, 1855; Adelle C, b. Jan. 12, 1858; FlorenceE., b. Jan. 
3, 1861; L. Evelxjn, b. July 22, 1863. 



Benjamin Hadley m. Anna Hall, July 4, 1852. They have four 
chil. GiZfterf P., b. July 16, 1853 ; Warren; Charles; Anna. 



Jonas Hadley, son of Benjamin, b. 1809 ; m. April, 1844, Maiy 
Ann Whitney, of Wat. dau. of Jonathan Whitney. They have 
Jonas H., b. Nov. 1, 1845 ; Mary Eliza, h. Jan. 6, 1850. 



THE HALL FAMILY. 

Ammi Hall, son of Ebenezer Hall of West Camb., b. Jan. 16, 
1798; m. April 21, 1834, Eliza Crandall of Salem. He came to 
Lex. when a young man, and d. here April 10, 1867, aged 70 years. 
They have had but one child, Eliza A., b. Jan. 25, 1835. 



THE HAM FAMILY. 

William Ham, b. at Grampond, County of Cornwall, Eng., Nov. 
21, 1818. He came to this country in 1837, and settled in Charles- 
town, where he remained till 1855. In 1856, he settled in Lex. 
Though he left old P>ng. in 1837, the remembrance of early acquain- 
tance induced him to revisit his native country, and take ftlary Grose 
as a wife. They were m. Jan. 21, 1846. They have had six chil- 
dren. William F., h. Aug. 2, 1846; he has served three years in 
the U. S. army ; Walter T., b. July 17, 1848 ; Lucy Ann, b. Feb. 21, 
1850; Joseph F., b. Feb. 14, 1853; Mary P., b. April 11, 1855, d. 
April 15, 1865; Jane T., b. Sept. 11, 1857. 



THE HANCOCK FAMILY. 

Though we have had occasion to speak of Rev. John Hancock, the 
second minister of Lex., and of several members of that family, I 
will, in accordance with the plan I have adopted, give a connected 
view of the family. 

Nathaniel Hancock was in Camb, as early as 1635. He m. 
Jane, and had a large family of children. His oldest cliild may have 
been born before he came to this country. He d. 1G52. 

Mary, b. Nov. 3, 1634. 3 Sarah, b. March 3, 1636. 

\Nathaniel, b. Dec. 13, 1638; m. Mary Prentice, March 8, 1664. 

John, b. April ; d. April 2, 1642. 

Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1644. 7 Lydia, b. July 2, 1646. 

Abigail, b. r- ; d. May 7, 1672. 

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Nathaniel Hancock m. March 8, 1664, Mary, dau. of Henry 
Prentice of Camb. He was a dea. of the ch., and appears to have 
enjoyed the^confidence of his fellow- citizens. He d. April 12, 1719, 
in his eighty-first year. 

Nathaniel, b. Feb. 28, 1665 ; d. same year. 

Manj, b. May 6, 1666. 11 Sarah, h. Aug. 23, 1667. 

Nathaniel, b. Oct. 29, 1668. He m. Prudence, who d. July 15, 
1742, aged 72. He had five children, among whom was Nathaniel, 
b. Jan. 14, 1701, grad. at H. C. 1721, settled as a clergyman, and 
d. 1744. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1669; d. young. 

Wohn, b. Dec. 1671 ; grad. H. C. 1689. 

'[Samuel, b. June 2, 1673 ; m. Dorothy . 

Abigail, b. Aug. 25, 1675. 17 'Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1677. 

Ebenezer, b. March 28, 1681; m. Susanna Clark, Jan. 14, 1702. 

Josejih, b. April 28, 1683. 

Thomas, b. 1685; m. Oct. 30, 1712, Susanna Fethergill. 

Solomon, b. . 



John Hancock grad. H. C. 1689, and settled in Lex. He m. 
Elizabeth Clark, dau. of Rev. Thomas and Mary Clark of Chelms- 
ford. Mr. Clark was b. in Boston about 1652, grad. H. C. 1670, 
settled in Chelmsford, 1677, d, Dec. 7, 1704. His wife, Mary, d. 
Dec. 2, 1700, and Mr Clark m. Elizabeth Whiting of Billerica. 
Mr. Hancock probably resided in that part of Camb. which is now 
Newton. In the church record kept by Rev. Mr. Hancock, we find 
this entry. "Oct. 16, 1698. I was received into full communion 
with the church of Christ in this place (Lexington) by virtue of a 
letter of dismission from the ch. of Christ in Newtowne." He was 
ordained at Lex. Nov. 2, 1698. He d. Dec. 5, 1752, in the eighty- 
first year of his age, and in the fifty-fifth of his ministry. His wife d. 
Feb. 13, 1760. I have had occasion to speak of Bishop Hancock, as 
he was familiarly called, in all the relations of life, and have done it 
so fully that it is entirely unnecessary to add anything more in this 
place. His remains rest in a tomb in Lex. with those of his wife and 
son Ebenezer, together with those of his successor, Rev. Jonas 
Clarke, and his family. 

^John, b. June 1, 1702; m, Mrs. Mary H. Thaxter. 

\Thomas, b. July 13, 1703; m. Lydia Henchman. 

Elizabeth, b. Feb 5, 1705 ; m. Rev. Jonathan Bowman of Dorches- 
ter. She was bap. tlie day of her birth. 

Ebenezer, h. Dec. 7, 1710. He was grad. H. C. 1728, was settled a 
colleague with his father Jan. 2, 1734, and d. Jan. 28, 1740, with- 
out issue. He was highly esteemed by the people of the parish. 

ii«'y, b. April 20, 1713 ; m Rev. Nicholas Bowes of Bedford. It is 
a singular fact that Lucy Hancock, the daughter of a clergyman, 
married a clergyman, and her daughter, Lucy, became the wife of 
Rev. Jonas Clarke of Lex., and that from them clergymen have 
proceeded as streams from a fountain. 



Samuel Hancock m. Dorothy . He probably came to Lex. 

about the time of his brother's settlement, as his son John was bap. 
here in Sept. 1699. He was ad. to the ch. in Lex. April 10, 1715. 

John, bap. Sept. 10, 1699; d. in Camb. March 18, 1776, aged 77. 
Mary, bap. April 19, 1702; probably m. James Thompson of Wo. 
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Samuel, bap. July 21, 1706; d. June 14, 1716. 

Hannah, bap. Feb. 27, 1709. 32 Sarah, bap. Feb. 17, 1712. 

John Hancock grad. at H. C. 1719, and was ordained at Brain- 
tree, Nov. 2, 1728, and d. May 7, 1744. He ni. Mary H., widow of 
Samuel Thaxter of Braintree. He was a divine of more than ordi- 
nary ability, and, though he d. young, had arisen to distinction in 
his profession, and so gave weight to the character and celebrity of 
the name. 

\John, b. Jan. 23, 1737 ; m. 177.3. Dorothy Quincy. 
Ehenezer, b. Nov. 26, 1741 ; m. Eliza Lowell. 
Mary, b. ; m. Richard Perkins, and d. 1779. 

Thomas Hancock m. Nov. 5, 1730, Lydia Henchman. He was 
a merchant in Boston, was eminently successful, and accumulated a 
large fortune. He d. 1764, without issue, and gave tlie great mass 
of ills property to John, his nephew, a son of his brother John of 
Braintree, deceased. He built a house in Lexington for his honored 
father about 1735, which afterward became the property alid resi- 
dence of Rev. Jonas Clarke, his Aither's successor. The house is 
now standing, and is revei-ed for its age and associations. 

John H.4NC0CK m. at Fairfield, Conn., Sept. 4, 1775, Dorothy 
Quincy, dau. of Edmund Quincy of Boston. The relations which 
John Hancock sustained to the town of Lex. — the birthplace of his 
father, and the residence of some of his near relations and esteemed 
friends ; the place where he had spent some seven years of his boy- 
hood, and where he was boarding* temporarily at the opening of the 
Revolutionary drama — Avill justify us in going a little beyond our 
ordinary course, and noticing somewhat in detail the character and 
services of this Revolutionary patriot. Jchn Hancock Avas left an 
orphan by the death of his father, when he was but seven years of 
age. His education was intrusted to the care of his relatives, and 
he spent the greater portion of his boyhood with his grandfather in 
Lex. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1754. He entered 
the store or counting house of his uncle Thomas as a clerk, where he 
acquired a knowledge of business, and learned the importance of 
commerce to the colony. He made such proficiency in business, 
that in 1760 he was sent abroad to look after the affairs of the house ; 
and was in England, and present at the funeral of George H., and 
at the coronation of George IH., — pageants not uncongenial to his 
taste. Soon after his return to this country, and about the time that 
the oppressive policy of the British ministry began to develop itself, 
he came into possession of the princely fortune left him by his uncle. 
It is well known that great efforts were made by the Royalists to 
engage him on the side of the mother country. Standing, as he did, 
almost at the head of the merchants of Boston, it Avas a great object 
to enlist him in the Royal cause. The safety of his large property, 
the flattering offers of promotion and place, would naturally have 
their influence on a young man of Hancock's taste and temperament, 
coming at once into possession of such an estate ; and it was at 
one time suspected that he was inclined to join the royal party. But 
happily for him and for America, there were other influences which 
were brought to bear upon him. That stern and inflexible patriot, 
Samuel Adams, who in a manner held the fortunes of the colony in 
his hand, contributed in no small degree to the wise choice which 
Hancock made. There was another influence, more silent but more 
controling, which contributed to the formation of his character. 
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Rev. Jonas Clarke of Lcxint;;ton, liis old college acquaintance, had 
married a cousin of Hancock's. Mr. Clarke was then residing in the 
house erected by Thomas Hancock of Boston for a residence of his 
venerable father. In this mansion young Hancock had spent a por- 
tion of his early life. All these circumstances would naturally draw 
hiiu to Lexington. And it is well known that there was a peculiar 
intimacy between him and Mr. Clarke, whose devotion to the inter- 
ests of the Colony was well known and acknowledged. The dignity 
of character, the urbanity of manners, and the commanding talents 
of the patriotic priest, must have Impressed the mind of the pliant and 
generous young merchant. And those who know the character and 
talents and patriotic devotion to the cause of liberty of Mr. Clarke, 
will not doubt that his influence upon his nephew must have been 
great and controlling, and all in the right direction. 

Under such intluences John Hancock chose the better part, and 
devoted himself and his all to ihe cause of his country. Having made 
his choice, no man in tlie community was more decided, and no man 
had more at stake. With his large property in the town of Boston 
at the mercy of the enemy, he declared himself perfectly willing, if 
It was thought the best policy, to lay the place in ashes. At a meet- 
ing of the " North End Caucus," an association of patriots of which 
he was a member, the question of the best mode of expelling the 
regulars from Boston being under discussion, he exclaimed, " Burn 
Boston, and make John Hancock a beggar, if the public good 
requires it." In a letter to Washington, dated Dec. 22, 1775, in- 
forming him that Congress had authorized him to attack the British 
in the town of Boston, if he thought it expedient, Hancock employs 
this patriotic language, — " I heartily wish it, though personally I 
may be the greatest sufferer," No one can doubt the patriotism of 
John Hancock. He came in direct contact with Royal authority, and 
was ever found true and reliable. The manner in which he was 
treated by the crown ofllcers shows that they regarded him as hope- 
lessly lost to their cause. He was elected a representative from Bos- 
ton, and also a member of the Council, but was rejected and spurned 
by the royal prerogative. In 1767 Gov. Bernard sent him a lieuten- 
ant's commission, but he tore it in pieces in presence of the citizens. 
Pie was captain of the cadets, the Governor's body guard, and was 
removed by Gage. He also received several personal indignities 
from the British troops stationed in Boston before the breaking out 
of hostilities. The fiact that he was coupled with Samuel Adams in 
the proclamation of Gage immediately alter the battle of Lexington, 
and proscribed as beyond the pale of executive clemency, shows the 
light in which he was viewed by the minions of power. 

In 1774, John Hancock was selected as the orator to deliver the 
address on the anniversary of the Boston massacre, and the bold, 
independent manner in which he spoke of the rights of the people, 
gave great offence to the friends of Parliament. John Adams, who 
was present, says of this performance, " the composition, the pro- 
nunciation, the action, all exceeded the expectations of everybody. 
They exceeded even mine, which were very considerable." In the 
same year John Hancock was elected to represent the town of Boston 
at a General Court, which was called at Salem. And although Gage 
subsequently to the election issued a proclamation excusing their at- 
tendance, many of the representatives assembled, and after waiting 
one day, they oi'ganlzed themselves into a convention, and elected 
John Hancock chairman ; and when the same body resolved them- 
selves into a Provincial Congress, they organized by choosing John 
Hancock President, and adjourned to Concord. During the session 
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one of that band of patriots was more firm and decided than he who 
presided over their deliberations. He was elected chairman of the 
Committee of Safetv, and also of the committee to take into consid- 
eration the state of 'the Province — the two most important commit- 
tees. During the same Congress he was chosen a delegate to^the 
Continental Congress, which met at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. 
Having taken a seat in that august body, he found that his fame had 
preceded him, for on the third day of the session he was chosen 
unanimously to succeed Peyton Randolph, as President. He was 
President of Congress in' 177G, and when the Declaration of 
Independence was first circulated among the members of that body, 
it bore the name of John Hancock alone, as President of the Con- 
cress, he being the first to affix his name to an instrument which would 
have proved the death-warrant of the signers, if the cause of the Col- 
onies had not succeeded ; and it is said that the bold and striking 
characteristics of his signature served to inspire confidence and con- 
firm the doubtful. He resigned his station as President in October, 
1777, owing to ill-health. 

In 1780, John Hancock was elected a member of the Convention 
which framed the State Constitution, and was the first Governor of 
Massachusetts after its adoption, to which oflice he was several times 
reelected. As a man and a public servant, he was noted for his 
benevolence and hospitality — spending his money freely to enter- 
tain distinguished guests, or to relieve the distresses of the poor 
and unfortunate. 

Gov. Hancock was elected a delegate to the State Convention on 
the adoption of the Federal Constitution, and was made President 
of that body. For a time it was exceedingly doubtful whether the 
Constitution would be ratified or rejected. Hancock favored the 
scheme of adopting it, and at the same time proposing certain amend- 
ments to obviate the objections which had been made to it. This 
plan was adopted, and the Constitution was ratified by a small major- 
ity. It was thought at the time that without his influence it would 
have been lost. On taking the question he said, " I should have con- 
sidered it one of the most distressing misfortunes of my life to be 
deprived of giving my aid and support to a system which, if amended, 
as I feel assured it will be, according to your proposals, cannot fail 
to give the people of the United States a greater degree of political 
freedom, and eventually as much national dignity as falls to the lot of 
any nation on earth. The question now before you is such as no na- 
tion on earth, without the limits of America, has ever had the priv- 
ileoe of deciding." Thus are we in a manner indebted to John 
Hancock for the blessed Constitution under which we live, and which 
has fully verified his prediction. 

The public mind has been somewhat divided in its estimate of the 
talents of John Hancock, and of the importance of his public 
services. In point of ability he held a highly respectable rank. 
His talents were of a popular and showy, rather than of a profound 
character. Though he had not the far-reaching sagacity of Samuel 
Adams, or the logical acumen of Joseph Hawley or John Adams, or 
the active, stirring energy of Warren, yet he filled a place among 
the patriots of that day which no other man could fill, and exerted 
an influence highly beneficial to the great cause of freedom — ope- 
rating in commercial circles where the motive of interest strongly 
tended to the royal cause. He may have been warn, but vanity can 
be pardoned when it can justly boast of making so great a sacrifice 
for the benefit of coming generations. He may have been ambitious ; 
but his ambition was of a public character. He desired promotion 
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dispense bis liberal fortune, and show that the hospitalities and even 
the graces and refinements of life were not of necessity confined to 
princes, and that those " who wore soft raiment are not" always, " in 
kings' houses." Whatever blemishes of character a fastidious criti- 
cism may discover in John Hancock, we are satisfied that but few 
men, in this or any other country, can point to acts more noble, and 
to sacrifices more disinterested than those which appear in his char- 
acter ; and few men ever gave greater evidence of active devotion 
to their country's welfare. 

And when Ave say that in point of talent and influence he fell below 
Samuel Adams, we only say of him what would be true of any other 
man of that day ; for in reference to talents in the broadest sense of 
that term, Samuel Adams had no equal. Others may have been more 
learned, or may have excelled him in some particulars ; but in his 
knowledge of the science of human government, and of the great 
principles of rational liberty — in his knowledge of men and the 
springs of action in the humnn heart, he certainly had no superior. 
And when we consider that this knowledge was ever under tiie con- 
trol of that lofty patriotism, that unconquerable fidelity to principle, 
that calm and indomitable will for which he was always distinguished, 
we can truly say of him that he was the founder of civil liberty in 
INIassachusetts — in New England — in America. The author of 
the "Life of Samuel Adams," has shown that he was second to 
no man among us ; and his memory will be cherished as long as civil 
liberty has an enlightened devotee. 

John Hancock i-esided in Boston, in what was then regarded as a 
princely mansion on Beacon street, fronting upon, and overlooking 
the Common. The house stood till 1863, when It was taken down. 
An effort had been made by the State to purchase the property and 
preserve the mansion for the residence of the successive Governors 
of the Commonwealth ; that they might show their respect for the illus- 
trious patriot who first graced and adorned it; and that his disin- 
terested patriotism might warm the breast of those who might be 
called to till the high office first filled and adorned by John Hancock. 

Mr. Hancock always cherished a fond recollection of Lexington, 
as the birth-place of his father, the residence of his grandfather, and 
the place where he spent the playful portion of his boyhood. He 
also revered It as the place where he took counsel with Rev. Jonas 
Clarke on matters of awful moment ; and the place where under his 
own direction the patriotic men of Lexington stood firmly before the 
invaders of their rights. This attachment to Lexington he mani- 
fested by gifts to the church and society. 

We have said before, that John Hancock m. September 4, 1775, 
Dorothy Quincy of Boston, dau. of Edmund Quincy. He d. Oct. 
8, 1793, aged 56. She m. July 28, 1796, James Scott, the master of 
a London packet, formerly In the employ of her first husband. She 
outlived Capt. Scott many years, and retained her faculties to the 
last. She was a lady of superior education and accomplishments, 
and was gifted with wonderful powers of conversation. She was one 
of the first persons sought by Lafayette, when he visited this country 
in 1824. '* Those who witnessed this hearty Interview, speak of it 
with admiration. The once youthful chevalier and the unrivalled 
belle met, as If only a summer had passed since they had enjoyed 
social Interviews in the perils of the Revolution." She d. Feb. 3, 
1830, aged 83 years. 

Lydia, b. and d. in Philadelphia, 1776. 

John George Washington, b. 1778, and was killed at Milton, when 

skating on the ice, Jan. 27, 1787. Thus the family of John 

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THE HARRINGTON FAMILY. 

The name of Harrington is found in almost every town in New 
England ; and it is probable that most, if not all of them, descended 
from or at least were relatives of Robert Harrington of Watertown, 
who was in that town as early as 1642. He had a numerous family, 
who were widely dispersed. He came from England where many of 
his children were born. 

Geot?ge Harrixgtox, from whom our Lexington Harrington de- 
scended, was probably a son or brother of Robert. He m. Susanna 

, and had, as was common in those days, a large family of 

thirteen children. He resided in Watertown. Two of his grand- 
children settled in Lexington. 

Susanna, b. Aug. 18, 1G49 ; m. Feb. 9, 1661, John Cutting. 

\John, b. Aug. 24, 1651; d. Aug. 24, 1741. 

Robert, b. Aug. ol, 1653; probably d. young. 

George, b. Nov. 24, 1655. He belonged to Capt. Wadsworth's com- 
pany, and was killed by the Indians at Lan. 1675. 

'[Daniel, b. Nov. 1, 1657 ; ad. freeman 1690. 

Joseph, b. Dec. 28, 1659 ; ad. freeman 1690. 

Benjamin, b. June 26, 1662 ; d. 1724. 

Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1664; ra. about 1680, John Bemis, and had four- 
teen children. 

Thomas, b. April 20, 1665; ad. freeman 1690. 

Samuel, b. Dec. 18, 1666. 

Edward, b. March 2, 1669. 

Sarah, b. March 10, 1671; m. Nov. 24, 1687, Joseph Winship of 
Cambridge. 

David, b. June 1, 1673; d. March 11, 1675. 



John Harrington m. Nov. 17, 1681, Hannah Winter, dau. of 
John AVinter, Jr., of Watertown, but afterwards of Camb. Farms. 
She d. July 17, 1741, and he d. Aug. 24, 1741, in that part of Wa- 
tertown now Waltham. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 9, 1682; m. April 29, 1703, Eleazer Hammond of 

Newton. 
\John, b. Oct. 1684; m. Ap. 12, 1705, Eliz. Cutter of Camb. Farms. 
Mary, b. May 11, 1687 ; m. March 8, 1709, Thomas Hammond. 
Lydia, bap. March 2, 1690. 
James, bap. April 2, 1695. 19^ Patience, bap. Oct. 10, 1697. 



Daniel Harrington m. Oct. 18, 1681, Sarah Whitney. She d. 
June 8, 1720, and he m. second, Oct. 25, 1720, Elizabeth, wid. of 
Capt. Benjamin Garfield, and dau. of Matthew and Anna Bridge of 
Cambridge. 



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\Robert, b. July 2, 1686; m. Nov. 15, 1711, Anna Harrington. 

Daniel, b. July 10, 1687. 

Jonathan, b. March 21, 1690 ; m. Feb. 28, 1724, Elizabeth Bigelow. 

Joseph, b. Feb. 4, 1691. 

Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1693; m. June 11, 1711, Nathaniel Livermore. 



John Harrington m. April 12, 1705, Elizabeth Cutter, then of 
Camb. Farms, but now Lex., where he settled. His name appears 
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appcnred before the selectmen, and offered on certain conditions, to 
give the right of way across his Land. His residence must have been 
easterly oi Hancock Hill, near the residence of the late Joseph Fiske. 
lie d. Nov. 29, 1750. Some articles in the inventory of his estate, 
show the fashions of the day — " Leather britches, a new dark wigg, 
sundry old wiggs, yarn leggens, pistols, warming pan, wooden plates." 

f Richard, h. Sept. 26, 1707. 

iil/oses, b. Jan. 6, 1710; d. Jan. 11, 1787. 

\Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1712. 

Jolin, b. March 22, 1714; d. Aug. 29, 1750. 

Hannah, bap. in Watertown, Feb. 20, 1715. 

William, b. Feb. 4, 1717; d. Sept. 28, 1717. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 4, 1718 ; m. Mar. 1, 1738, John Palls of Townsend. 

Caleb, b. July 13, 1721 ; d. 1747. 



Robert Harrington m. Nov. 15, 1711, Anna Harrington of 
Watertown, dau. of Samuel and Grace Harrington. He was a black- 
smith, and settled in Lexington on the main street, near the present 
residence of P. P. Pierce. His name first appears upon our church 
records in 1712, when Samuel Harrington was bap., his father Robert 
owning the covenant. He was chosen a, fence viewer in 1713, so he 
must have been a permanent resident at that time. He d. Feb. 5, 
1774, aged 89, and she d. Oct. 16, 1777, aged 85. He was cousin to 
John, who came to Lexington from Watertown about the same time. 
These two were the ancestors of the numerous family of Harring- 
tons which afterwards appear on our records. 

Samuel, b. July 28, 1712; d. Sept. 29, 1712. 

Samuel, b. April 15, 1714. 

Anna, b. June 2, and bap. in Watertown, June 10, 1716. She m. 
her cousin, Rev. Timothy Harrington. He was settled at Swan- 
zey, N. H. That town was destroyed by the Indians, April 2, 
1747, and he was the next year settled at Lancaster, Mass., where 
he d. May 17, 1778. 

\Robert, b, April 26, 1719; m. Abigail Mason. 

^Jonathan, b May 21, 1723. 

Grace, bap. Dec. 4, 1729 ; d. April 10, 1759, unm. 



Richard Harrington m. Abigail . He resided on Adams 

street, near where George F. Chapman now resides. 

Ebenezer, b. March 16, 1733 ; probably d. young. 

Thankful, b. Jan. 16, 1734; d. unm. 

Thaddeus, b. Sept. 9, 1736. Enrolled in Capt. Parker's co. 1775. 

Hannah, b. March 8, 1738. 

Ephraim, b. March 2, 1739; d. Oct. 20, 1742. 

Nathan, b. Dec. 25, 1740. 46 Ebenezer, b. March, 16, 1743. 

Solomon, b. Jan. 27, 1746 ; d. Nov. 12, 1750. 

Stephen, b. May 23, 1748. 49 Simeon, b. July 8, 1750. 

Seth, b. Oct. 30, 1752. 51 Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1754. 



Moses Harrington m. Martha ? who was ad. to the ch. June 

2, 1734. We learn by tradition that he had several children, though 
the records are silent upon the subject. He d. Jan. 11, 1787. It is 
said that he had Moses, Betsey, and Caleb, the latter of whom was 
the Caleb Hakrington who was killed on the Common on the 19th 
of April, 1775. He is said to have been about twenty-five years of 
age at the time of his death. Betsey m. first, Ebenezer White, 
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IlENRY Hakrington m. June 4, 1735, ^f f ,\ L^^"^^*«" V^^^y,?,^ 
Dea. John and Sarah Laughton. She dm ch.ldbed, May 16, 760. 

and he m. second, Abigail , the widow of Lbenezer Blodget . 

She lived to a great age, and was a woman of great pecul.ant.es. 
Henry Harrington resided under the hill near the residence of Mr. 
Hutchinson. He d. Dec. 25, 1791, aged 80; she d. Jan. 2d, 1820, 
aged 94. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1735; m. May 28, 1755, Thomas Winship. 

\Henry b. Aug. 27, 1737 ; m. Oct. 25, 1759, Ruth Blodgett. 

\Jeremiah, h. Tbout 1741 ; m. Dec. 21, 1709, Sarah Locke. 

\John, b. about 1743 ; m. Mary Wootten. 

^Jonathan, b. about 1745 ; m. Ruth Fiske. 

\Thomas, b. about 1748; m. Lucy Per»T- 

Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1750; m. Nathan Munroe. , -, , 

William b. Mar 18, 1752; d. June 20, 1778, in small pox hospital. 

^Moses, b. March 22, 1754; m. Mary Reed 

Man b Ap 19, 1756 ; m. Newell Reed of Wo. prec, Oct. 16, 1/77. 

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ROBERT Harrington m. Abigail Mason, dau of Daniel and Ex- 
perience Mason of Newton. They were ad. to the ch in Lex. Aug. 
11 1745. Shed. Aug. 25, 1778. aged .57, and hem. April lb 1/81, 
widow Chloe Trask. He d. May 30, 1793, iiged 74 He filed many 
rown offices, and bore the dignified title of Ensign Harrington He 
was one of ho selectmen in 1752, and was re-elected to that station 
rone twelve or fourteen years, and was chairman of the board in the 
eventful period of the Revolution, when many important duties de- 
volved upon him. He was also many years^a magistrate, and repre- 
sented the town four years in the General Court. 

}Thaddens, b. Sept. 9, 1736 ; m. Sept 20, 1764, Lydia Porter of Wo. 
Waniel, b. May 25, 1739 ; m. Anna Munroe. 
Annaritte, bap. Aug. 12, 1744; probably d. young. 
Betty, b. iALiy 23, 1745; d. Oct. 27, l74o. 
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1747 ; m. Samuel Smith. 
Abigail, b. Dec. 23, 1749; d. young. 
4/n-oai7 b Au<T. 9, 1754; m. Dr. DavidFiske. 

tlbij-ah,h. Feb. 7, 1761; m. first, Polly Raymond, and second, 
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Jonathan Harrington m. Aug. 1. 17o0, Mrs Abigail Dunster. 
She d June 30, 1770, and he m. second, Mrs. Lydia MuUiken, wid. 
of Na haniel Mulliken. He d. Sept. 14, 1809, aged 8/ ; and she d 
Nov 13, 1783, aged 57. He was several years selectman and was 
one of the commiltee of correspondence in 1778, in the midst of the 
lievolution. He was a true son of liberty, and was found on the 
19th of April at the post of danger. 

Rebecca, b. Feb. 17, 1751; m. Aug. 31, 1769, Edmund Munroe. 

S' b! fK:'iX'i^- m. April 21, 1778, Cally NewelL 

iJoiau, b. July 8. 1758; m. Nov. 19 1777, Sally Banks. 

Charles, b. Nov. 15, 1760; d. Dec. 24, 1/bl. 

mc^Zs, b. March 24, 1763; m. Dec. 18, 1786. Mary Brown. 

^Solomon, b. Feb. 22, 1766 ; m. Polly Bent. 

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IIenry Harrington m. Oct. 25, 1759, Ruth Blodpett, dau. of 
Joseph Blodtfctt. They were ad. to the ch. June 2, 17G3. He was 
a soldier in the French war, in 1756 and 1758. 

\Hen.ry, b. May 25, 1760; m. March 13, 1783, Amity Pierce. 
Rebecca, b. July 12, 1762; m. Amos Stickney ofTewksbury. 
jSamuel, b. Oct. 3, 1764; m. Au<r. 27, 1788, Mary Stimpson. 
\lsaac, b. Aug. 11, 1766; m. Polly Farrer of Lin. 
Sarah, b. May 16, 1769; d. unm. 

Folly, b. Aug. 10, 1771; m. John Dunkley of Charlestown. 
But/i, b. Aug. 30. 1773 ; m. Nov. 20, 1793, Robert Mullett of W. 
Camb. 



Jeremiah Harrington m. Dec. 21, 1769, Sarah Locke, dau. of 
Joseph and Sarah Locke, b. Aug. 23, 1746. She d. Jan. 12, 1813; 
He d. Dec. 11, 1818. He served in the French war in 1762. Tra- 
dition says he had three dau., but there is no record of their birth. 
Sally Harrington, one of them, m. Dec. 30, 1793, Edward Blacking- 
ton of Camb. 

^Joseph, b. Feb. 16, 1770; m. Lucy Russell. 

Benjamin, b. May 4, 1772; m. Oct. 1, 1792, Elizabeth Frost of W. 

Camb. and moved to Bedford, where he d. 
Jonathan, h. Oct. 27, 1777 ; m. Nov. 10, 1799, Ruth Britton of 

Shrewsbury. He d. June 9, 1721. They resided in Medford. 



John Harrington m. Dec. 3, 1763, Mary Wootten, dau. of John 
Wootten, an Englishman. Capt. Wootten Avas a shipmaster, and 
made twenty-two voyages to Surinam. He was of Capt. Parker's 
company, and met the British on the 19th of April. He was subse- 
quently a lieutenant in the militia. He moved with his family to 
Deering, N. H , about 1783. His children, being young, left town 
with him. 

Abigail, b. March 3, 1763; m. 1781, Wm. Munroe, Jr. 
Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1766. 91 John, b. Feb. 1, 1770. 

Stephen, b. Nov. 22, 1774. 93 William, b. Nov. 21, 1779. 

Rebecca, b. May 3, 1781. 



Jonathan Harhington m. Feb. 13, 1766, RuthFiske, dau. of Dr. 
Robert Fiske by wid. Grover. After the death of her husband she 
m. Feb. 18, 1777, John Smith of Boston. He was one of the gallant 
hand who stood forth in defence of freedom on the 19th of April, 
1775, and was one who fell that morning, a victim to British oppres- 
sion. See History, p. 181. He was about thirty-two years ot age 
at the time of his death. 

Jonatlian, b. Oct. 25, 1766; d. Oct. 14, 1776. 



Thomas Harrington m. Lucy Perry of Bed. July 4, 1771. We 
find no record of his family except the birth of one child. He is said 
to have " moved into the country." AVhat time he left Lexington 
we cannot say ; his name is upon the tax bill in 1776, but is omitted 
in 1778. 

Elizabeth, b. Dec 19, 1773. 



Moses Harrington m. April 28, 1774, Mary Reed, dau. of 
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1776. She d. Oct. 22, 1822, aged 71. He was one of the minute 
men who served with the gallant Parker at the first dawn of Inde- 
pendence. 

Sarah, bap. Aug. 25, 1776 ; m. Thaddeus Hall of Chelmsford. 

Manj, bap. June 21, 1778; m. Nov. 30, 1792, Joseph White. 

Caleb, b. July 6, 1779 ; went to Charlestown, m. Dorcas Frost. 

Betsey, b. April 26, 1782; d. unm. 

Moses, b. Mav 2, 1785 ; d. unm. May 11, 1821. 

William, b. Sept. 7, 1789. ^ 

Oliver, b. April 26, 1791 ; d. in the poor house, unm., Oct. 25, 1834. 

Edmund, b. Feb. 21, 1794; left town and never returned. 



Ebenezer Harrington ni. Sept. 4, 1788, Mrs. Sarah Johnson. 
She d. Nov. 29, 1819, aged 65. He d. May 7, 1846, aged 86. 

Ebenezer, b. June 22, 1789 ; d. unm. 

Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1791; m. Pierce of Acton. 

Simeon, b. Feb. 27, 1793 ; d. unm. at the South. 
Kezia, b. Aug. 30, 1795 ; m. April 8, 1815, Otis Locke. 
Susanna, b. July 24, 1798; m. Jan. 1, 1823, John Hadley. 



Thaddeus Harrington m. Sept. 20, 1764, Lydia Porter of Wo. 
They were ad. to the ch. April 22, 1771. He was one of the brave 
men who was an actor in the battle of Lexington. She d. Jan. 1821. 

Tliaddeus, b. Jan. 8, 1765 ; d. young. 

Fanny, b. June 20, 1769 ; d. young. 

Arethusa, bap. Oct. 20, 1771 ; m. Feb. 25, 1792, George Whitehead. 

Faymy, bap. April 23, 1772; m. June 26, 1796, Seth Reed. 

Robert, bap. May 28, 1775 ; moved to Boston, d. in Cambridgeport. 

Asa, bap. May 4, 1777 ; went to New York. 

\Lewis, bap. May 30, 1779; m. Sarah Dudley of Con. 

Lydia, bap. March 11, 1781 ; m. Seth Reed, husband of her sister 

Fanny, deceased. 
Andrew, b. ; lived in Boston, and d. there, aged 44. 



Daniel Harrington m. May 8, 1760, Anna Munroe, dau. of 
Robert and Ann (Stone) Munroe, who was b. Aug. 30, 1740. She 
d. Oct. 19, 1811, aged 71; he d. Sept. 27, 1818, aged 79. Daniel 
Harrington was clerk of Capt. Parker's company, and participated 
with them in the dangers and glories of the memorable 19th of April, 
1775. He was a prominent man in the place, and filled various posts 
of honor and trust. He was selectman 1779, '85, '86. 

jLevi, b. Nov. 9, 1760; m. July 27, 1784, Rebecca Mulliken. 
\Nathan, b. April 29, 1762 ; m. Elizabeth Phelps ; d. June 28, 1837. 
Daniel, b. Oct. 17, 1764; d. young. 
Anna, b. Feb. 3, 1766 ; m. Thomas Winsbip, and d. July 13, 1821, 

aged 55. 
David, b. June 10, 1768 ; d. July 26, 1795, aged 27. 
Orace, b. March 17, 1770; m. Abner Pierce, July 22, 1792, d. Aug. 

1842. 
Betty, b. Feb. 1, 1772; m. Jan. 25, 1799, James Bruce of Woburn. 
Eusebia, b. Jan. 20, 1774; d. Oct. 5, 1775. 
Eusebia, h. Feb. 13, 1776 ; m, March 7, 1800, Joseph Underwood^ 

and d. Dec. 22, 1869, aged 82. 
Isanna, bap. Jan. 31, 1779 ; m. Jan. 11, 1801, Timothy Page of Bed. 
Lydia, bap. Dec. 10, 1780 ; d. unm. Sept. 26, 1803, aged 23. 
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Abtjah Harrington m. April 21, 1784, Polly Raymond. She 
(1. Feb. 27, 1822, and lie m. Dec. 14, 1823, Mary Locke, Avid. of 
Asa B. Locke. He d. without issue, Dec. ol, 1852, aged 91. 
Though Abijah Harrington was too young (being but 13 years of 
age) to take part in the events of the memorable 19th of April, 
1775, he was attracted by the march of the king's troops, and came 
to the Common immediately after their departure for Concord, and 
saw in the road where the British troops stood at the time of the 
firing, a quantity of blood upon the ground, and so is a good witness 
that the tire of the British was returned, and with effect, by the 
Americans. See Deposition appended to Phinney's History. 



Jonathan Hariungton ni. Nov. 14, 1782, Sally Banks. She d. 
July 28, 1847, aged 85. Though a lad of only 16 years of age, he 
was a fifer in that phalanx of freemen which appeared on Lexington 
Common on the 19th of April, 1775. He lived to a great age, and 
related almost to the time of his death, the leading events of that day. 
He said he was aroused early that morning by a cry from his mother — 
" Jonathan, get up, the regulars are coming, and something must be 
done." He arose and repaired to the place of parade, and was with 
the company on the approach of the British. " Something must 
BE done," exclaimed the patriotic mother. And something loas done 
on that memorable day. The shrill notes of that stripling's file, not 
only warmed the bosoms of the gallant band on Lexington Common, 
but enkindled a fire extinguished only by the acknowledgment of our 
Independence. Something was done. The firm resistance to the 
British on that occasion inspired every patriotic bosom, and called 
the people to arms. Something was done which taught the haughty 
oppressors that freemen in defence of their homes and firesides, their 
wives and little ones, were not to be intimidated by veteran troops, 
though led on by rash and daring commanders. Something teas 
done which has given to Lexington a name which will be remembered 
as long as the spirit of liberty finds a resting place in the human 
breast. 

Jonathan Harrington was one of the youngest defenders of his 
country's rights on the opening of the Revolutionary drama, and one 
of the last, if not the very last of the survivors of that opening 
scene, who lived to partake of the blessings of freedom and to wit- 
ness the growing greatness of his country. Mr. Harrington lived 
to a great age, and was treated with much respect and attention by 
the whole community. At the age of ninety-one he attended the 
75th anniversary of the I9th of April, celebrated at Concord. The 
writer of this waited upon him to give him an invitation to attend 
the celebration, and give a sentiment. At first he thought he should 
not be able ; but a recurrence to the events of the day to be com- 
memorated, soon roused the energy of the venerable patriarch, and 
with a countenance lighted up with patriotism, he consented to 
attend. And when he was asked to give a sentiment, he gave Irom 
the fullness of his heart a sentiment, which he was requested to com- 
mit to paper, that it might be presented at Concord in his own hand- 
writing. The next day he forwarded the following : 

"The 19th of April, 1775. — All who remember that day will 
support the Constitution of the United States.'''' 

After living to the advanced age of 95 years, 8 months, and 18 
days, the venerable patriot died, March 27, 1854. The death of 
the last survivor of the battle of Lexington, produced a marked sen- 
sation in the whole community. The Governor ordered out two 
companies, the Davis Guards of Acton, and the Concord Artillery, 
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feeling, that General Jones invited his brigade to be present 
on the occasion, which invitation was promptly responded to by the 
corps. Several other companies not belonging to the brigade volun- 
teered — all anxious to show their regard to the memory of one who 
had come down from a generation of patriots, and had stood the sole 
representative of the first battle of freedom in America. The 
Governor, the Lieut. Governor and the Honorable Council, and 
a great part of the Legislature, which was then in session, honored the 
event by their presence. The Masonic fraternity, of which he was 
a member, attended with their regalia; and a large concourse of 
people from the neighboring towns tilled Lexington to overflowing. 
The spectacle was truly imposing. 

The procession was formed by Gen. Samuel Chandler of Lexing- 
ington, who acted as chief marshal on the occasion. The military 
moved in the following order : 

First Regiment of Artillery, Lieut. Col. Gibbs, consisting of three 
companies. 

Fourth Regitfient of Light Infantry, Col. J. D. Green, consisting 
of four companies. 

Fifth Regiment of Light Infantry, Col. B. F. Butler, consisting of 
four companies. 

And three volunteer companies. 

From the Common they moved down Main street to the Town 
Hall, where they received the body guard, the Concord Artillery, 
Captain Culbertson, and the Davis Guards, Captain Holden; Hiram 
Lodge of West Cambridge, and the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
with the body of the deceased, attended by the pall-bearers and rela- 
tives, and followed by the chief marshal, chaplain, and the committee 
of arrangements, consisting of some of the principal citizens of the 
town. These were followed by Governor Washburn and suit, Lieut. 
Governor Plunkett, and the Council, members of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, officers of the militia, citizens of Concord 
and citizens generally. 

From this point, it being almost the identical spot at which Lord 
Percy received the British fugitives in their Hight from Concord on 
the 19th of April, 1776, the procession moved up Main street by the 
Common to the church, where solemn religious services were per- 
formed, and an appropriate address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Ran- 
dall, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. After 
the services at the church were concluded, the remains were removed 
to the old burying-ground in the rear of the church, and deposited in 
the family tomb. The Masonic burial service was read at the tomb 
by Grand Master Randall of the Grand Lodge, and a volley was fired 
over the grave by the Concord Artillery and the Davis Guards. This 
closed the funeral solemnities of the day. 

The history of the world furnishes no case more striking or sub- 
lime than this! Thousands of persons of all ages and conditions in 
life, flock together from one common impulse, and with one general 
feeling ! What motive actuated the vast concourse and brought them 
to Lexington at that time? The season of the year was uninviting, 
the traveling bad, and the day inclement; and everything external 
would seem to forbid any gathering of the people in large numbers 
in the open air, — but still they came. And for what purpose? Not 
to obtain any direct advantage personal to themselves — not to wit- 
ness any feat of art, listen to any distinguished orator, or partake of 
a sumptuous feast — not to behold any distinguished lord or prince 
from a foreign country, or any celebrated statesman from our own — 
not to greet a living friend surrounded with wealth and splendor, or 
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of state. No — they came to worship at the shrine of Liberty — 
to show their respect to the memory of a humble and unpretending^ 
individual, who had stood for years the sole representative of that 
body of freemen who rallied for their country on the 19th of April, 

1775. 

Harry, h. March 10, 1783. He was a sea captain, and sailed out of 

Providence. 
PoUy, b. May 23, 1786 ; m. June 22, 1811, Payson Perrin, of Boston. 
Abigail, b. Nov. 13, 1787 ; d. March 23, 1858, unm. 
Piit, b. July 6, 1790. He entered the army 1812, and never returned. 
Jonathan, b. June 4, 1793; d. March, 1856, unm. 
William, b. March 12, 1797 ; d. unm. 
More, b. June 23, 1801 ; d. Sept. 16, 1802. 



Charles Harrington m. Dec. 18, 1786, Mary Brown, dau. of 
Francis Brown. He d. Jan. 28, 1856, aged 93 ; she d. Jan. 9, 1843, 
aged 77. 

Mary, b. Jan. 9, 1787 ; m. June 5, 1811, Stephen Robbins, Jr. 

Susanna, b. Sept. 4, 1789 ; d. , 1857, unm, 

Betsey, b. Jan. 10, 1796; m. Walter R. Mason; lived at Camb., 

then moved to N. H. 
\Charles, b. April 10, 1798; m. Sarah H. Wade, Sept. 6, 1840. 
Elmira, b. Sept. 6, 1801 ; m. Nov. 28, 1824, Hazen Elliott. 
Clarissa, b. ; m. Dec. 3, 1835, S. H. Elliott, brother of her 

sister's husband. 



Solomon Harrington m. Polly Bent, dau. of David Bent, 
d. May 19, 1809, aged 40. He d. May 9, 1845, aged 79. 



She 



Charles, b. Dec. 25, 1787. He followed the sea, where he prob. d. 
\ David, b. Jan. 2, 1790; m. Dec. 6, 1810, Elizabeth Francis. 
James, b. Aug. 4, 1792 ; d, unm. 

\Solomon, b. Feb. 13, 1795 ; m. Feb. 6, 1820, Betsey Dudley. 
Abigail More, b. Feb. 12, 1801 ; m. David Constantine and r. at Bed. 
Irene, b. Dec. 1, 1803; m. James Haywood and r. at Billerica. 



Peter Harrington m. Lydia Loring. He d. Jan, 23, 1816, 
aged 43. He lived in Lex. till about 1811, when he moved to Salem, 
where he d. He was captain of the Lex. artillery, and was promoted 
to the lieut. -colonelcy. 

Matilda, b. April 5, 1799 ; m. Hastings, and d. at Springfield. 

Isaac B. Clarke, b. Sept. 2, 1800. He left town and d. unm. 
Adeline, b. Sept. 24, 1802. She r. at East Cambridge. 
Lorenzo, b. Aug. 10, 1804. He r. at East Cambridge. 
Peter, b, Sept. 21, 1807 ; he d. at East Cambridge. 
Emetine, b. Dec. 21, 1809; m. Benj. Reed, and r. in Chelsea. 

Julian, b. March 29, 1812 ; m. Bowsway, was killed by falling 

down stairs at East Cambridge. 
Elizabeth, b. ; m. George Dale, and r. at'East Cambridge. 



Henry Harrington, 3d, m. March 13, 1783, Amity Pierce. 
They had several children. They resided first at Boston, and after- 
wards moved to New Orleans. 



Samuel Harrington m. Aug. 29, 1788, Mary Stimpson. He 
probably left town at the time of his marriage, as his name, which 



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was on the tax bill in 1788, disappears the following year. Neither 
the town or church records make any mention of him or his family 
after his marriajre. 



Isaac Harringtox m. Oct. 21, 1798, Polly Farrer of Lincoln. 
He d. April 2, 1863, aged 97 years 8 months. The record of the 
family is very imperfect. 

Isaac, b, March 7, 1799. He enlisted in the United States service 

in the war of 1812, went to Louisiana and never returned. 
Betsey, b. Nov. 22, 1800; m. Emory Garfield. He d. and she m. 

second, Benjamin Gleason. 
Iliram, b. May 23, 1802 ; m. Sarah Fiske. 
Maria, b. Sept. 9, 1803 ; m. Isaiah Tay of Bur. 
Zadock, b. ; m. Almira Fiske. She d, and he m. second, 

Almira Morton ; she d. and he m. third, Hannah Russell. He r. 

in Billerica. 
Almira, b. - 
Daniel, b. — 

Ahel, b. 

Sally, b. — 
Priscilla, b. 



- ; m. William Alurt and moved to Vt, 
- ; m. in Billerica, where he resides. 
m. in Billerica, where he resides. 

; m. Richardson, moved to Andover and d. 

— ; d. young. 



Joseph Harrington m. March 27, 1792, Lucy Russell, dau. of 
Philip Russell. He d. Jan. 12, 1829. 

Susan, b. Nov. 23, 1792 ; d. Dec. 14, 1792. 

Joseph, b. May 1, 1794 ; he went to Con. when a lad, where he m. 

May 3, 1821, Mary Snow, and had issue. 
John,'h. June 6, 1796 ; d. June 4, 1804. 
Lucy, b. Nov. 28, 1798 ; m. Oct. 20, 1829, William Grover. 
Jonas, b. Nov. 7, 1800; d. Sept. 16, 1802. 
Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1803; d. Aug. 4, 1828, unm. 
Lijdia, b. Feb. 10, 1806; m. Feb. 10, 1828, Daniel Kinneston. 
Nehemiah, b. March 14, 1808; m. Dec. 11, 1845, Sophia Woodbury 

of N. H. He r. in Lex. 
Emily, b. Aug. 13, 1810; d. March 22, 1828. 
Stephen, b. May 9, 1812 ; m. March, 1832, Maria E. Hall, and r. in 

Somerville, and d. Jan. 21, 1868. 



Lewis Harrington m. Aug. 31, 1806, Sarah Dudley of Con. 
He d. Sept. 1829, aged 50; she d. Nov. 10, 1858, aged 71. 



Lucy Ann, b. 



m. Seth S. Bennett, March 19, 1826. They 



moved to Providence, where she d. 

Mary R., b. ; m. William Wyman of Wo., r. in Medford. 

Jonas, b. 1810 ; m. Susan Pierce, dau. of Ebenezer and Nabby 

(Brown) Pierce. He d. July 5, 1857 ; she d. April 16, 1856. 

They left two children, first, Emma I., b. 1845, second, Oren C, 

b. May 31, 1851. 

Sarah E,, b. ; m. Elijah Gossom, and d. Sept. 3, 1858. 

Hannah M., b. ; m. George Todd of Charlestown. 

Cyrus D., b. 1820; m. Rebecca Frost of W. Camb., where he d. 
Frances A., b. ; m. April 23, 1846, Loring S. Pierce. 



Levi Harrington m. July 27, 1784, Rebecca Mulliken, dau. of 
Nathaniel and Lydia. She d. Sept. 5, 1820; he d. July 26, 1846, 
aged 86. They were ad. the ch. April 22, 1787. 



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\Natlianiel, b. Jan, 3, 1786 ; m. Nov. 30, 1815, Clarissa Mead. 

Nancy, b. Jan. 3, 1788; now, 1867, living unm. 

Fanny, b. April 1, 1792; m. Horace Skilton of Bed., Oct. 29, 1820. 

Rebecca, b. Oct. 28, 1794 ; ni. Dan'l Hastings of Boston, Nov. 4, 1823. 

Dennis, b. Oct. 7, 1796; d. Aug. 11, 1840, unm. 

\Hiram, b. May 15, 1799; m. Jan. 22, 1825, Julia A. Lane. 

Sophia, h. Aug. 25, 1801 ; m. Dec. 12, 1822, Harrison G. O, Mun- 

roe of Boston. 
\Bowen, b. Aug. 6, 1803 ; m. Dec. 20, 1832, Elizabeth P. Ward. 



Nathan Harrington m. Elizabeth Phelps of Andover. He lived 
many years in Wo., then returned to Lex., where he d. Sept. 27, 1818. 

Betsey, b. April 27, 1788; m. Octri7, 1813, William Chandler. 

Dorcas, b. June 25, 1790; m. Joshua P. Frothinghani, Charlestown. 

\Nathan, b. Feb. 29, 1792; m. Martha I. Mead. 

Tryphena, h Aug. 26, 1794 ; d. Nov. 12, 1853, unm. 

\Daniel, b. Aug. 26, 1796; m. Hannah Jacobs. 

Anna, b. Nov. 24, 1799; m. Addison Gage, Dec. 27, 1832. He r. 

in West Camb., and is extensively engaged in the ice trade. 
Increase S., b. Sept. 6, 1802; m. Dec. 12, 1826, Eliza Maynard. 

He d. Feb. 18, 1848. 
Abijah, b. Sept. 3, 1804; he lives in Lex., unm. 



Chakles Harrington m. Sept. 6, 1840, Sarah H. Wade of 
Lowell, b. Sept. 6, 1810. He has no children. 



David Harrington m. Dec. 6, 1810, Elizabeth Francis. 

Sylvester, b. May 1, 1811; m. May, 1841, Mary Ann Robinson, 

dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Simonds) Robinson. 
Mary B., b. Jan. 18, 1816; m. May 14, 1835, Charles J. Adams. 

They reside at East Cambridge, where he is the keeper of the 

house of correction. 
Charles S., h. Nov. 10, 1831 ; d. Jan. 4, 1838. 



Solomon Harrington ra. Feb. 6, 1820, Betsey Dudley, dau. of 
Nathan and Sarah Dudley, b. June 1, 1798. He resided in Lex., 
then moved to Boston, and subsequently to Brookline, where he d. 
June 5, 1858. 



Nathaniel Harrington m. Nov. 30, 1815, Clarissa Mead, dau. 
of Josiah. He d. Jan. 8, 1839, and she d. Feb. 16, 1866, aged 76. 

\FrankUn M., b. June 6, 1817 ; has been twice married. 

Ellen M., b. July 1, 1819. 

Edwin, b. Feb. 21, 1821; m. Nov. 27, 1845, Eunice E. More of 

Sudbury, b. April 29, 1824. They reside in Sudburv. 
Clarissa, b. Dec. 8, 1822 ; m. April 29, 1845, Samuel B. Rindge of 

East Cambridge, where they reside. 
Nathaniel, b. Sept. 23, 1824. 
Larkin, b. April 17, 1826; m. Nov. 23, 1851, Mary W. Langley. 

He r. in Medford, now r. in N. H. 
A7idreiv, b. April 12, 1828 ; m, Dec. 29, 1853, Mary J. Rainey, r. at 

Galesburg, 111. 
Rebecca, b. June 12, 1830; d. May 7, 1832. 
Elizabeth W., b. Oct. 14, 1833. 



Hikam Harrington m. Jan. 22, 1825, Julia A. C. Lane. They 
had three children, first and second d. young, th\rd, Hiram Augustus. 
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BowEN IIarringtox m. Dec. 20, 1832, Elizabeth P. AVard of 
Boston, (lau. of William and Mary Ward, b. Dec. 20, 1811. She 
d. May 9, 1863, aged 51. He is a justice of the peace. 

Mary W., b. Nov. 24, 1834; m. June 9, 1864, Gershom Swan, and 
has Charles Ward. b. Julv 26, 1866. 

Charles B , b. Jan. 23, 1837. He enlisted in 1861 in the Mass. vol- 
unteers for three years, came home on a furlough, being in ill 
health, and d. of disease contracted in the service, Sept. 5, 1862. 

William H., h. May 30, 1840. He resides in Illinois. 

George D , b. July 17, 1843. He served three years in the army of 
the Potomac, in the late rebellion. 



Nathan Harrington m. Feb. 1, 1824, Martha I. Mead, dau. of 
Josiah Mead. She d. June 26, 1835. He d. Nov. 14, 1843. He 
was a captain in the Lexington artillery. 

Caroline M., b. Oct. 1, 1829. 
Elvira M., b. Feb. 18, 1832. 



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Daniel Harrington m. Dec. 15, 1824, Hannah Jacobs. 
Oct. 5, 1826, aged 30. She ra. Brooks. 



Hed. 



Franklin M. Harrington m. June 2, 1847, Susan Wiley of 
Ashby. She d. Feb. 20, 1858, and he m. April 16, 1859, Mrs. Susan 
Turner. 



Famiie W., b. Dec. 29, 1851. 
Ellen E., b. Feb. 15, 1856. 



219 Martha M., b. Dec. 8, 1853. 



THE HARPJS FAMILY. 

Henry Harris, of Lexington, is a lineal descendant of Thomas 
Harris, who was born in Shrewsbury, England, came to Massachu- 
setts in 1631, went with Roger Williams to Rhode Island, and settled 
at Providence. His descendants settled in Smithfiold in that State, 
where they lived several generations. Henry was the son of Abner, 
b. 1779, and Martha (Farmer) ; he was the grandson of Abner, and 
the great-grandson of Jonathan ; he was born in Providence, 1809, 
and married in Boston, Feb. 6, 1832, Emeline Bryant. They resided 
in Boston, where most of their children were born. They came to 
Lexington in 1853. He is engaged in the clothing business in Boston. 

Henry F., b. 1835. 3 Frederick B , b. 1837. 

Emetine F., b. 1839 ; m. Nov. 1, 1863, George M. Wethern. 
William ^., b. 1841. 6 Martha A.,h. 1843. 

George A., h. 1845; d. 1848. 

Charles B., b. 1847. 9 Ellen M., h. 1849. 

Georgiana W., b. 1855. 11 Addie L., b. 1857, d. 1857. 



THE HARTWELL FAMILY. 

The Hartwells came to Lexington from Bedford. 

William Hartwell, b. June 25, 1770; d. May 8, 1819, aged 
49. He m. Oct. 13, 1796, Johanna Davis of Bedford. She d. and 
he m. 1809, Mary Lake. He had several children. 



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WiLLiAM Hartwkll, the oldest son of the foregoing, b. Jan. 12, 
1797; m. Nov. 30, 1826, Ruhaniah Webber, dau. of Asa and Eliot 
(Lane) Webber, b. April 14, 1802. They resided first at Concord, 
and came to Lexington about 1839. 

Waiiam W., b. Oct. 2, 1827. 4 Johanna, b. Nov. 1, 1829. 

Lydia E., born March 15, 1835. 



THE HASTINGS FAMILY. 

The name Hastings is of Danish origin. In the early days of the 
British kingdom, the Danes made frequent incursions into that part 
of Britain bordering on the North Sea. In one of these incursions 
Hastings, a Danish chief, made himself formidable to Alfred the 
Great, by landing a large body of men upon the coast. He took 
possession of a portion of Sussex ; and the castle and seaport were 
held by his family, when William the Conqueror landed in England; 
and they held it from the crown for many generations. 

Several of the name of Hastings were raised to a peerage. Sir 
Henry and George Hastings, grandsons of the Earl of Huntingdon, 
had sons who became Puritans, and were obliged by persecution to 
leave tlieir native land, and find homes in the new world. As early 
as 1634, Thomas Hastings and wife, and soon after, John and his 
family, came to New England, but no one of the family came to Lex- 
ington till about 1720. 

Thomas Hastings, aged 29, and his wife Susanna, aged 24, em- 
barked at Ipswich, England, April 10, 1634, in the Elizabeth, Wil- 
liam Andrews, master, for New England, and settled in Watertown, 
where he was admitted freeman, May 6, 1635. He was selectman 
from 1638 to 1643, and from 1650 to 1671 ; clerk three years, and 
representative in 1671. He also held the office of deacon. His wife 
Susanna died Feb. 2, 1650, and he married April, 1651, Margaret 
Cheney, dau. of William and Martha Cheney of Roxbury. She was 
the mother of all his children. He died 1685, aged 80. In his will, 
dated March 12, 1685, and proved Sept. 7, 1685, he gave his son 
Thomas only £5, saying, "I have been at great expense to bring 
him up a scholar, and I have given him above threescore pounds to 
begin the world with." To his sons John, Joseph, Benjamin, Na- 
thaniel, and Samuel, and to his daughter Hepzibah Bond, he gave 
£40 each, and to Hannah £3. Between 1652 and 1606, he had eight 
children. 

Thomas, b. July 1, 1652 ; d. July 23, 1712. He was a physician at 
Hatfield. 

\Jolin, b. March 4, 1654 ; m. June 18, 1679, Abigail Hammond. 

William, b. Aug. 8, 1655 ; drowned, Aug. 1669, aged 14 years. 

Joseph, b. Sept. 11, 1657 ; m. 1682, Ruth Rice of Sudbury. 

Benjamin, b. Aug. 9, 1659; m. 1683, Elizabeth Graves. 

Nathaniel, b. Sept. 25, 1661; m. Mary Nevinson of Watertown. 

Hepzibah, b. Jan. 31, 1663; m. 1680, Dea. William Bond of Wat. 

Samuel, h. March 12, 16G5 ; m. first, 1687, Lydia Church; and sec- 
ond, 1694, Elizabeth Nevinson; third, 1701, Sarah Cooledge of 
Watertown. 

John Hastings m. June 18, 1679, Abigail Hammond of Water- 
town, dau. of John and Abigail, b. June 21, 1656. She d. Sept. 7, 
1718, and he d. March 28, 1718. He lived in that part of Water- 
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Ahigail, b. Dec. 8, 1679; m. 1699, John Warren of Weston. 
Jukn, bap. Dec. 4, 1687 ; m. first, 1702, Susanna, dau. of John and 

Marv Beniis ; second, 1706, Sarah Fiske ; moved to Lunenburg. 
Elizabeth, bap. Dec. 4, 1687; m. April 14, 1714, Hopestill Mead. 
Hepzibah, bap. Dec. 4, 1687 ; m. April 14, 1714, Nathaniel Shattuck. 

He d. 1718, and she m. 1721, Benj. Stearns of Lexington. 

William, bap. July 13, 1690; m. Abigail , d. before 1723. 

\Samuel, b. 1695; m. Bethia HoUoway of Maiden. 

Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1697; m. Sarah White, and settled in Lex., 

where six of his children were born, when he removed to Littleton. 
Joseph, bap. 1698; m. first, 1716, Lydia Brown; second, 1769, 

Elizabeth Stearns. 



Samuel Hastings m. in IMedford, May 29, 1719, Bethia Hollo- 
way of Maiden. He was a tailor, and resided in that part of Water- 
town now Waltham. He was selectman several years. She died in 
Lexington, June 1, 1774, aged 80. 

\Samuel, b. March 30, 1721 ; ra. Jan. 16, 1755, Lydia Tidd. b. July 
6, 1732, dau. of Daniel and Hepzibah (Reed) Tidd of Lexington. 

Thaddeus, b. Oct. 15, 1723 ; m. March 29, 1763, Mary Stratton. 
He settled in Lexington, where he and his wife died, leaving two 
young sons, who left town. 

Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1725. 

Abigail, b. March 8, 1728 ; m. April 2, 1747, Sam'l Brooks of Med. 

Ahijah, b. May 9, 1730; m. Jan. 2, 1759, Martha Ingraham. 

Philemon, b. April 2, 1732 ; settled in Vermont. 

Anna, b. March 8, 1734. 25 Martha, b. March 23, 1736. 



Samuel Hastings ra. Jan. 16, 1755, Lydia Tidd, daughter of 
Daniel and Hepzibah (Reed) Tidd. He settled in the southwest 
part of Lexington. He was one of the men who, on the 19th of 
April, 1775, stood firm in the cause of freedom on Lexington Green, 
and was also with the army at Cambridge, when Gen. Washington 
took command. He d. Feb. 8, 1820, aged 99 ; his wife d. Nov. 10, 
1802, aged 71. He was often elected to places of honor and trust in 
the town. 

\Isaac, b. in Lex. Dec. 26, 1755 ; m. Mary Stearns. 

\Samuel, b. July 11, 1757 ; m. Lvdia Nelson of Lincoln. 

Ltjdia, b. Nov. 29, 1759 ; d. July 22, 1788. unm. 

Bethia, b. March 23, 1761 ; d. Aug. 3, 1765. 

Hepzibah, b. July 3. 1762; m. 1781. John Swan of Waltham. He 

d. and she m. Jonas Wyeth of Cambridge, and d. 1789, aged 27. 
\John, b. July 13, 1764 ; d. June 5, 1789, aged 25. 
Bethia. b. June 25, 1766 ; d. July 26, 1786. 
Abigail, b. April 20, 1768 ; d. May 10, 1788. 
Thomas, b. April 25, 1772 ; d. Sept. 8, 1775. 



Isaac Hastings m. 1781, Sarah Stearns, b. Dec. 29, 1761, dau. 
of Phinehas and Mary (WeUington) Stearns. He and his wife were 
ad. to the ch. Feb. 10, 1782. In 1808, he was chosen deacon and 
became a leading member of the ch. He was on the Common with 
Capt. Parker on the 19th of April, 1775, was at the capture of Bur- 
goyne, and was also detailed to guard the prisoners at Prospect Hill, 
Charlestown, now Somerville. He lived upon his father's homestead, 
the site on the hill now owned by Mrs. Cary, his youngest dau. He 
d. July 2, 1831, aged 76, and his widow d. March, 1834, aged 73. 
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SopJtla, b, Oct. 17, 1781; m, June 18, 1809, Isaac S. Spring of 
Standisb, Me. They removed to Somerville, where she d. Nov. 
1841. 

Isaac, b. Nov. 3, 1783 ; lost at sea. 

Thomas, h. Feb. 12, 1786 ; m. Mary Baker, in Vt., moved to Mont- 
real, where he d. July. 1835, leaving a fiimily. 

Abigail, b. May 20, 1788; m. Dec. 9, 1821, Jonathan Gary of Bos- 
ton. They moved to Lex. 1827, and took up their abode on Lin- 
coln street, on a place known as the " Peak Place." He d. April 
17, 1855, aged 86. He had no children by his last wife. 

ft/o/m, b. July 21, 1790; has been twice married. 

Fhinehas S., h. Oct. 13, 1792 ; m. Elizabeth Bowles of Portsmouth, 
N. H. 

Leonard, b. Sept. G, 1794 ; d. Nov. 10, 1802. 

Samuel, b. Sept. 24, 1798; m. 1827, Lucy R., dau. of Sweethera 
Reed. 

Maria, b. March 1, 1801 ; m. May 4, 1828, William H. Gary, a dis- 
tinguished merchant in Brooklyn, N. Y. The old homestead of 
the Hastings, having passed out of the family, Mr. Gary pur- 
chased it, and fitted it up for a summer residence, where he and 
his wife passed the warm season of the year. The site is truly 
rural, as will be seen by the engraving. During his life he had 
caused the farm to be greatly improved, and had expressed an in- 
tention of making a tender of this place to the State, if they would 
establish an Agricultural school upon the premises ; but dying sud- 
denly he had made no will. His widow and his heirs however, 
knowing his wishes, have generously made the tender, and have 
also with great liberality made several other liberal grants in con- 
formity with the intentions of Mr. Gary, as expressed in his life- 
time. 



The immediate and multiplied connections of the Hastings family 
with the Garys, will justify a brief notice of the latter. Jonathan 
Gary of Boston, b. 1768, m. first, Jemima Green of Groton. She 
d. and he m. second, Polly Harris of Boston ; she d. and he m. third, 
Abigail Hastings, as stated above. In 1827, Mr. Gary retired from 
business, and located himself in Lexington, where he d. 1855, at the 
advanced age of 87. His children who are living, are by his second 
wife. He had seven children; Samuel, William H., mentioned 
above, who m. Maria Hastings, Nathaniel, who resided for a time in 
Lex., Isaac, George, and Maria M., b. March 4, 1810, who m. John 
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Samuel Hastings m. Oct. 1, 1778, Lydia Nelson of Lincoln, dau. 
of Thomas and Lydia (Scott) Nelson. He was on the Gommon with 
Gapt. Parker on the 19th of April, 1775 ; he soon after volunteered 
into the service, and was detailed one of Gen. Lee's life-guard, and 
was taken prisoner with him at Long Island. A British officer at the 
time of his capture, wounded him in the neck with a swor,d. "His 
queue," he used to say, " saved his life, as it broke the force of the 
blow, though he received a severe wound." He was paroled, but 
never exchanged. He was chosen Major of the Lexington Artillery. 
He resided in the borders of Lincoln, but being near the line of Lex. 
he attended ch. here, and his remains and those of his wife rest in the 
Lex. graveyard, where his children have erected a handsome marble 
monument to his memory. He d. Jan. 8, 1834, aged 76. She d. 
April 5, 1829, aged 71. 

Lydia, b. Feb. 20, 1780; m. Nehemiah I. Ingraham, Boston. 
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Jonathan, b. Aug. 17, 1783; m. Nancy Adams, settled in Brighton. 

Dorcas, b. June 27, 178G ; m. 1810, Rev. Daniel Marrett of Stan- 
dish, Me. 

Thomas, b. May 22, 1787 ; m. first, Mary Robbins and second, 
Martha Livermore. He was a trader in East Camb., where he d. 
1865, in his 79th year. 

Polly, b. April 10, 1789.; m. May 20, 1811, Benj. O. Wellington, Lex. 

Oliver, b. May 16, 1791; m. first, Eliza Beiuis and second, Mrs. 
Huldah Trabo. He is a dealer in lumber in East Camb. 

Htpzibah, b. May 24, 1793 ; ra. May 24, 1813, Peter Wellington, 
brother of her sister Polly's husband. 

Harriet, b. July 12, 1795; m. Aug. 8, 1819, Elias Smith. 

James, b. Oct. 5, 1797; m. Oct. 11, 1821, Sally Mead, dau. of Jo- 
siah Mead of Lex. He settled on his father's homestead, where 
most of his children were born. After some years he moved to 
Brattleborough, Vt., but has returned to Lex., where he now 
resides. They have had nine children : Charles, b. July 7, 1822, 
m. Martha Tuttle; Emily M., b. March 15, 1824, m. E. F, Davis, 
lives in 111. ; James W., b. April 9, 1826, d. June 12, 1848 ; Maria 
C, b. April 16, 1828, m. L. C. Pratt of Brattleborough, Vt. ; 
Sarah M., b. Oct. 15, 1829, d. June 22, 1848; Oliver, b. Aug. 8, 
1831, went to Kansas; Alonzo, b. Aug. 25, 1883, m, Eliza G. 
Weed, lived in Kansas ; Adelaide, b. Oct. 15, 1836, m. J. W. 
Wood, and resides in Galesburg, 111. ; Ellen A., b. March 2, 1841, 
d. March 4, 1866. 



John Hastings m. Oct. 7, 1784, Esther Lawrence, dau. of Beza- 
leel and Sarah (Muzzy) Lawrence, b. June 30, 1765. He settled in 
Lex., where he d. June 25, 1789, aged 25. His widow d. Oct. 24, 
1794, In her 30th year. 

Nancy, b. Jan. 28, 1785 ; m. June 13, 1812, Joseph Bailey of Stan- 
dish, Me. 
Bethia, b. March 15, 1787 ; d. unm. 1820, aged 33. 
Hepzibah, b. Jan. 23, 1789 ; d. April 28, 1789. 



John Hastings m. first, Dec. 9, 1834, Mrs. Sarah Riggs, dau. of 
Benjamin and Hannah West of Boston; she d. Sept. 16, 1860, aged 
72. He m. second, Aug. 28, 1862, Maria M. Gary, dau. of Jona- 
than Gary of Boston, who m. his sister Abigail. He settled first in 
Augusta, Me., then returned to Lexington, and improves his father's 
homestead. They have no children. 



THE HENDLEY FAMILY. 

Samuel W. Hendley, son of Samuel, of Carlisle, was b. Dec. 22, 
1823. His grandfather, Charles Hendley, was a deserter from the 
British army in the Revolution, who enlisted into the American ser- 
vice. Samuel W. Hendley m. Oct. 19, 1848, Emeline Skilton, dau. of 
David Skilton of Bur. They have three children, Wallace, b. Nov. 
27, 1850; David Eugene, b. Oct. 3, 1854; Howard B., b. Dec, 22, 
1866. 



THE HEWES FAMILY. 

John Hewes, or Hues, as the name is sometimes written in 
Lex. records, was at Cambridge Farms at the organization of the 
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he m. March 9, 1677, Ruth, dau. of Richard Sawtel. He had several 
children before he came to Lex. The last two were bap. in the pre- 
cinct. He d. Dec. 13, 1721, and she d. July 4, 1720. He and his 
wife were ad. to the ch. Aug. 1699. He r. near Capt. William 
Reed. He was assessor in 1705. 

John, b. Feb. 15, 1678. 

Samuel, b. Oct. 27, 1079 ; d. young. 

Elizabeth, b. Jan. 27, 1681 ; d. Jan 12, 1720. 

^Jonathan, bap. in Lex. Sept. 10, 1699 ; probably a lad. 



Jonathan Hewes m. 



Jonathan, bap. June 20, 1710. 
Edmund, bap. Sept. 21, 1712. 



7 Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 23, 1711. 



THE HOAR FAMILY. 

The ancestor of this family, according to tradition, was a wealthy 
banker of London, and d. soon after his arrival in this country. 
Mrs. Joanna, probably his wife, d. at Braintree, 1661. She had two 
dau. and three sons, viz., Daniel, who went to England in 1653; 
Leonard, grad. H. C. 1650, was President of H. C. from 1672 to 
1675, when he d. ; and 

John Hoar, who was a lawyer, distinguished for bold, manly 
independence. He lived in Scituate from 1043 to 1655. About 
1600 he settled in Con., and d. April 2, 1704. His wife, Alice, d. 
June 5, 1697. 



Elizabeth, b. 



m. Dec. 22, 1675, Jonathan Prescott. 



Mary, b. ; m. Oct. 21, 1668, Benjamin Graves. 

\Daniel, b. ; m. first, Mary Stratton, and second, Mary Lee. 



Daniel Hoar, of Con., m. first, July 19, 1677,' Mary Stratton; 
second, Oct. 16, 1717, Mary Lee. 

Joh7i, b, Oct. 24, 1678 ; m. Ruth , settled in Sud. 

Leonard, b. . He was a captain ; d. April, 1771, aged 87, in 

Brimfield, where apart of his descendants now reside,— some of 

whom have taken the name of Homer. 
\Daniel, b. 1680 ; m. Sarah Jones, 

Jonathan, b. ; d. at the Castle, Oct. 26, 1702. 

Joseph, b. ; d. at sea, 1707. 

Be7ijartiin. 

Mary, b. March 14, 1689 ; d. June 10, 1702. 

Samuel, b. April 6, 1691. 13 Isaac, b. Mav 18, 1695. 

David, b. Nov. 14, 1698. 15 Elizabeth, b.'Feb. 22, 1701. 



Daniel Hoar m. Dec. 20, 1705, Sarah Jones, dau. of John and 
Sarah Jones, and lived in the south-easterly past of Con., where he 
d. Feb. 8, 1778, aged 93. 

\John, b. Jan. 6, 1707. He was twice married. 

Jonathan, b. June 6, 1707 ; grad. II. C. 1740; was an officer in the 
Provincial service, during the war of 1744 to 1763. In 1755 he 
went, a major, to Fort Edward, the next year was lieut. -colonel 
in Nova Scotia, and aid to Major-Gen. Winslow at Crown Point. 
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Governor of Newfoundland and the neighboring provinces, but d. 
on his passage thither, in 1771, aged 52. 

Daniel, entered H. C. 1730, but did not grad. He m. Nov. 2, 1743, 
Rebecca Brooks. He moved 'to Narraganset No. 2, (Westmin- 
ster,) Avhere he d., leaving two sons and two dau. 

Lucy, b. ; m. John Brooks. 

Elizabeth, b. ; m. Whittemore ofW. Cambridge. 

Marxj, b. ; m. Zachariah Whittemore. 



John Hoar m. in Lex., June 13, 1734, Esther Pierce, by whom 
he had two children. She d., and he m. in Wat., Aug. 21, 1740, 
Elizabeth Cooledge. He d. in Line. May 16, 1786, and his wid. d. 
March 20, 1791. He lived successively in Lex., Wat., Lex., and 
Line. This was partly owing to his changing the place of his resi- 
dence, and partly from alterations of town lines, which annexed a 
part of Lex. to Line. What time John Hoar became an inhabitant 
of Lex., we are not prepared to say. He was taxed in town both 
for personal and real estate in 1729, and had a seat assigned him in 
the meeting house in 1731, when they reseated the house. He Avas 
chosen one of the committee to provide for the schools in 1743. He 
subsequently filled the office of constable, assessor, and selectman. 
He resided in the south-westerly part of the town, at or near the 
present residence of Leonard Hoar, in Lincoln, — that place being 
set off from Lex. when Lincoln was erected into a town. 

Rebecca, b. in Lex. July 1, 1735 ; m. May 6, 1755, Joseph Cutler. 

Esther, h. in Wat. Jan. 28, 1739 ; m. May 8, 1760, Edmund Bowman. 

John, b. in Lex. July 14, 1741 ; d. young. 

Samuel, b. in Lex. Aug. 23, 1743 ; he was a magistrate in Lincoln, 
frequently represented that town in the House of Representatives, 
and was a senator from the county of Middlesex from 1813 to 1816. 
He m. Susanna Pierce, and had a family of ten children, five sons 
and five dau. Samuel, his oldest son, b. May 18, 1778, grad. H. 
C. 1802, received the degree of LL.D. 1838. He was a lawyer 
and resided in Con., where he d., much lamented, in 1857. He 
was not only distinguished in his profession, but was called to fill 
many important stations. He was a senator from Middlesex 
county, and represented his district in the Congress of the United 
States. He was a man of talents and of great moral worth, 
leaving a spotless reputation as a rich legacy to his children, 
some of whom have also become distinguished. His oldest son, 
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, b. Feb. 21, 1816, grad. H. C. 1835, 
comraeiiced the practice of law in Con. 1839 ; appointed judge of 
the Court of C. P. 1849. He has also, like his father and grand- 
father, represented his native county in the senate of Mass. He 
is now on the bench of the Supreme Court. He received the 
degree of LL.D. from Williams Coll. 1861. Edward Sherman, 
his third son, grad. H. C. 1844, is a lawyer in New York. His 
youngest son, George Frisbie, grad. H. C. 1846, commenced the 
practice of law in Worcester ; was a senator from that county in 
1857. 

Elizabeth, b. in Lex. Oct. 14, 1746. 

Mary, b. in Lex. Oct. 5, 1750 ; d. young. 

Sarah, h. in Lincoln after her father's jjlace was set off to that town, 
June 9, 1755 ; m. Nehemiah Abbot. 

Leonard, h. in Line. June 29, 1758 ; was twice ni. 

Rebecca, b. in Line. Oct. 18, 1761 ; m. Joseph White, Lancaster. 

Mary, b. June 17, 1764; m, March 27, 1788, Thomas Wheeler. 

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THE HOBBS FAMILY. 

JosiAH HoBBS, the emigrant ancestor of the family of that name 
in New England, came to this country in 1671, in the ship Arabella, 
Sprague, master, in July. He resided in Boston till 1690, when he 
removed to Camb. Farms. He m. in 1683, and had a son, Josiah, 
b. in Boston 1684. After 1690, he resided in Lex., (except for a 
short period, when he was in the westerly part of Wo.) till his death, 
which happened May 30, 17-41, aged 92 years. He was a subscriber 
for the meeting house in 1692, and was taxed for the support of the 
minister the year following. Aug. 1699, he and his wife, Tabitha, 
were ad. to the ch. In September of the same year Josiah, Tabitha, 
and Mary, three of their children, were bap. In Oct. 1700, Matthew 
and Susa^mawere bap. The record of this family is very imperfect. 
They may have had other children. Most of the children d. in in- 
fancy, or before marriage. 

Josiah Hobbs m., and resided in Lexington till about 1714. In 
1713 he was chosen to " take care of y"^ swine." About this 
time he removed to Boston, where he resided many years, and late 
in life moved with his family to Weston, where the name has been 
common down to the present day. The Hobbses in Worcester county 
are descendants from this stock. Josiah Hobbs was married before 
he left Lex., and had several children bap. 

Ehenezer, bap. Jan. 8, 1709 ; his father owning the covenant. 
Elizabeth, bap. March 23, 1712; her mother, Mary, making due 

confession to the church. 
Tabitha, bap. April 13, 1712. 

This name is generally spelled Hubbs in Lex. records. 



THE HOLMES FAMILY. 

Dr. Howland Holmes and his wife came to Lex. from W. Camb. 
in the autumn of 1851. He is a son of Howland Holmes of Bridge- 
water, and grandson of Elias, and great grandson of Elisha Holmes 
of Plymouth. He was b. Jan. 16, 1815, and m. Aug. 28, 1849, 
Maria, dau. of William Cotting of West Camb., b. Mar. 3, 1818. 
He grad. at H. C. in 1843, and at the Mass. Medical School in 1848, 
and became a member of the Mass. Medical Society the same year. 
Before graduating from the medical school, he spent a portion of 
1846 and 1847 traveling in Europe, but mostly in studying in the 
hospitals at Paris and London. He has served several years on the 
school committee in West Camb. and in Lex. He holds a commis- 
sion of justice of the peace. 

Mary Eddy, b. in West Camb. Aug. 14, 1850 ; d. next day. 

Carrie Maria, b. in Lex. April 3, 1852; d. June 21, 1857. 

Francis Howland, b. Sept. 13, 1853. 

Sarah Eddy, b. Sept. 15, 1855. 

Charlotte Bronte, b. April 20, 1857 ; d. Feb. 25, 1865. 



THE HOUGHTON FAMILY. 

Levi Houghton, of Lancaster, b. 1736, m. Susan Richardson of 
that town. He d. 1818, aged 82; she d. 1814. Levi was probably 
a descendant of John Houghton, or his cousin Ralph, who settled in 
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They resided at one time in Worcester. I/evi, one of their sons, b. 
in Wor. about 1772, m. Elizabeth Stearns of Lunenburg about 1803, 
where he resided. He d. Jan. 27, 18G5, aged 93 ; she d. 18-'8, aged 
47. He was twice married after the death of his first wife, by whom 
he had his children, nine in number. 

Samuel A. Houghton, son of Levi and Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 
1807, m. Sept. 3, 1834, Martha W. Haywood of Townsend. They 
resided in Boston till March, 1839, when they removed to Lex. 

Elizabeth Stearns, b. June 14, 1835 ; m. Jan. 19, 1858, Ralph W. 

Shattuck of West Cambridge. 
Melinda W., b. Aug. 31, 1840; m. Aug. 20, 1861, Thomas Everett 

Cutler. 
Henry M., b. Sept. 22, 1842. 5 Clara G., b. Dec. 27, 1845. 



THE HOVEY FAMILY. 

Daniel Hovey and Rebecca, his wife, came to this country and 
settled in Ipswich 1637. They had nine children ; Joseph, their fifth 
son, b. about 1652, m. Hannah Pratt and settled in Hadley. They had 
five children. John, b. 1684, m. first, Abbia Watson of Camb. Their 
family consisted of six children. Their oldest son, John, b. 1707, 
m. Elizabeth Muzzy, dau. of John iMuzzy of Lex. He grad. H. C. 
1725, was a clergyman, d. 1773. He m. second, Susanna Lovett. 
Ehenezer, the fourth son of John and Abbia, b. 1714, m. Elizabeth 
Mason of Wat. They had but one child, Thomas, b. at Newton, 
Aug. 14, 1740; m. Elizabeth Brown, dau. of Dea. Josiah Brown. 
They had fifteen children ; all but one lived to grow up. jEbenezer, 
iheir fourth son, b. June 8, 1769, m. Sally Greenwood, dau. of Na- 
thaniel Greenwood of Brighton. He d. May 5, 1831, and she d. June 
27, 1863. They had twelve children, — thus sustaining the fruitful- 
ness of the family. 

Thomas G. Hovey, their fifth son, b. Jan. 23, 1816, m. Nov. 3, 
1841, Ann Maria Hoping of Camb., b. Nov. 13, 1822. 

Emma Maria, b. Dec. 26, 1842. 3 Ellen Amanda, b. Jan. 1, 1844. 

Thomas Ebenezer, h. June 23, 1845. 

Walter Sewall, h. May 7, 1847. 6 Oeorgianna, b. Feb. 7, 1849. 

Stilman Southtvick, b. April 15, 1850. 

Frank Pierce, b. Dec. 3, 1852. 

Mr. Hovey resided in Cambridge till about 1850, where his first 
five children were b., when he came to Lex., where the last two 
were born. 



THE HUDSOX FAMILY. 

The Hudsons were among the early settlers of New England. 
William, Francis, and Ralph, were in and about Boston before 1636, 
and were among the prominent citizens. But it is doubtful whether 
the Lancaster Hudsons were from either of these families. 

Daniel Hudson came to this country about 1639. He was in 
Wat. 1640, and settled in Lancaster, 1665, where he purchased a 
town right for £40. His wife's name was Johanna, by whom he had 
eleven children. One of his daughters m. Abraham Joslin. When 
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refiige in the garrison house of Rev. Mr. Rolandson. After a most 
vigorous defence, the house was set on fire, when the only alternative 
left was to perish in the flames or fall into the hands of the merciless 
foe. Joslin was killed while defending the inmates of the house ; 
but his wife and daughter were taken captive, with Mrs. Rolandson, 
carried away and barbarously murdered in the wilderness. The fate 
of his daughter Anna but prefigured that of her parents ; for in 1607, 
Daniel Hudson and his wife, one daughter, and two children of his 
son Nathaniel, were killed by the Indians in their incursion into that 
ill-fated town. His oldest son Daniel ni. and settled in Bridge water, 
and his son William soon followed him, 

Nathaniel Hudson, another son of Daniel, appears to have been 
rather migratory, for he is at one time in Lancaster and at another 
in Billerica. He m. Rebecca Rugg. We have found no record of 
his children, except that three of them, viz. Seih, Nathaniel, and 
Abigail, were bap. in Lexington, April 22, 1705. This was prob- 
ably when he was residing in Billerica; for he deeded a lot of land 
in Lincoln to a Mr. Buss, about that time, and signed himself as of 
Billei'ica. He is also believed to be the father of John, who with 
Seth and Nathaniel settled in Marlborough. 

John Hudson, b. 1713, m. Eliz. McAllister of Northborough. 
She d. May IG, 1786, aged 66, and he m. March 28, 1787, Bethia 
Wood, who survived him. He d. in Berlin, Aug. 6, 1799, aged 86. 
He resided first in Marlborough, and afterwards in Berlin. There is 
one peculiarity in the whole family. They seem to have had a taste 
for a military life. Few families of the same number have furnished 
as many soldiers for the old French and Indian wars, and the Revo- 
lutionary war, as the Hudsons. And in seai'ching for their geneal- 
ogy, the army rolls will furnish as much information as the parish 
registers. John Hudson and two of his sons were in the service in 
the French war, and he and his eight sons were in the service during 
some period of the Revolutionary war. 

Elisha, b. ; m. Oct. 4, 1770, Susanna Brigham of Marlbor- 
ough. He was in the French war in 1756, '58, and '60. He was 
also in the Revolutionary army. After the war he removed to Can- 



ada, where he d. 
Elijah, b. 



m. Hannah Goodnow. He was in the French war 



in 1758, and '59 ; and also in the Revolution. 

Miriam, b. 1746 ; m. Jonas Babcock of Northborough, where she d. 

Moses, b. Jan. 4, 1749. He was five years in the Revolutionary 
army ; d. unm. 

Aaron, b. Aug. 24, 1750. He was in the Lexington alarm, 1775. 

Hannah, b. July 20, 1752; d. in Berlin, nnra. 

Ebenezer, b. May 16, 1755 ; d. in the Revolutionary army. 

John, b. May 9, 1757; moved to Oxford; was three years in the 
Continental army. 

Charles, b. , 1759; he was a three years' man in the Conti- 
nental service, and when his time was about expiring, he was acci- 
dentally killed by our own men. Two scouting parties met in the 
night-time, and mistaking each other for the enemy, they tired, and 
killed him, and another man. 

^Stephen, b. June 12, 1761 ; he was three years in the Continental 
service. 

Elizabeth, h. ; m. Nov. 18, 1779, Levi Fay of Marlborough. 



Stephen Hudson m. Feb. 10, 1791, Louisa Williams, dau. of 
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68, and she d. Oct. 7, 1837, aged 70. He enlisted into tlie Conti- 
nental army at the age of 10, and after the expiration of his thrt'e 
years, he entered on board a privateer, which crossed the Atlantic, 
and cruised on the coast of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, and 
returned to the United States ahout the time peace was concluded. 
After the war was over he enlisted for a Western campaign against 
the Indians; but some reverses at the West induced a change of 
policy, and the com[)any to which he belonged proceeded no farther 
tiian West Point, wliere they remained till their term of service ex- 
pired. While in the army and on board of the ])rivateer he was in 
several severe actions. While the army was in the Jerseys, he and 
others volunteered to scour the country around Philadelphia, to cut 
off the sujtplies which the British were drawing from the peo]ile. 
AV'hile in that service ihoy were cajjtured, carried into Philadiilphia, 
and tiirown into prison, where for several months, in the heat of 
summer, they suffered extremely from the closeness of their conhne- 
ment, the want of provision, and the wanton cruelty of the guard. 
The" Philadelphia Jail," and the " Jersey Prison-ship," will stand 
as lasting monuments of British cruelty and American suffering, 
nearly approaching the barbarity and suffering at Andersonville. 
When these prisoners were exchanged, they were so feeble and ema- 
ciated that they were scarcely able to walk, and yet they were turned 
out without money, without rations, and abnost without clothing, to 
beg their way to their respective regiments, lie resided in JMarl- 
boro', where his children were born. 

Nancy, b. July 8, 1791 ; d. unm. Sept. 30, 1853, aged 02. 
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 17'.)3; m. Sept. 5, 1814, Thomas Cooledge. 

She had ten children, and d. Feb. 25, 1835, aged 42. 
\ Charles, h. Nov. 14, 1795; he has been twice married. 
Louisa,h. May 3, 1798: m. Joseph Shurtleff. She survived her 

husband, and d. June 17, 13^. 



Charles Hudson m. July 21, 1825, Ann Rider of Shrewsbury, 
dau. of John and Mercv (Brigham) Rider, b. July 4, 1800. Slie 
d. Sept. 19, 1829, aged 23 years; and he ra. May 14, 1830, Martha 
B. Rider, sister of his first wife. He studied theology and was set- 
tled in Westminster, where he resided twenty-five years. He repre- 
sented the town four years in the House of Representatives, the 
county of Worcester six years in the Senate, and three years in the 
Executive Council, and (he District eight years in Congress. On 
leaving Congress he was appointed Naval Ollicer in the Boston Cus- 
tom House, a place he held four years. He was also eight years a 
member of the Board of Education, and four years an Assessor of 
Internal Revenue for the Sixth Collection District of Mass. He has 
also filled other public stations. He has published several iiooks and 
tracts on theological and other subjects. Among his publications is 
a History of Marlboro', his native town. He is a member of several 
Historical Societies. In 1849, he removed from Westminster to 
Lexington, where he now resides. His children were born in 
Westminster. 

Harriet Williams, b. Aug. 18, 1827 ; d. July 20, 1828. 

Harriet Ann, h. Sept. 13, 1829; ra. Sept._ 4, 1854, Henry M. Smith. 



They reside in Chicago, 111., where he is editor of a daily paper. 

'artha B., b. April 10, 1832; d. April 25, 1832. 

harles Henry, b. July 10. 1833; grad. a civil engineer at the Law- 



rence Scientific School, Harvard University, 1855. 

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in 18.5.5, where he has been engaged in his profession. He m. Jan. 
1, 18(52, Frances H. Nichols of Boston. They reside at Burling- 
ton, Iowa. 

John Williams, b. July 10, 1836; m. March 2.5, 1865, Sophia W. 
Mellon, dau. of Hon. Edward and Sophia (Whitney) Mellen of 
Wayland. He grad. H. C. 1856, taught a high school, read law, 
and is in practice in Boston. In the late Rebellion, he served 
with ooth liegt. Mass, Vols, in the Army of the Potomac, and in 
Kentucky, Mississi[)pi and East Tennessee. He was lieut. col- 
of his regiment. He has held several town offices. 

Mary Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1839. 



There has been another family of Hudsons in Lexington, who came 
from Boston, and probably were the descendants of William or 
Francis, who were in Boston or its immediate vicinity at the first 
planting of the colony. 

Joseph Hudson m. Dec. 24, 1764. Sarah White. She d. and he 
m. second, 1782, Elizabeth Brown. She d. in Boston, June, 1820. 
He had Joseph, b. June 15, 1770; William, b. in Cohasset, June 15, 
1775; Boijamin, b. Feb. 27, 1783; John, b. March 19, 1786. 

1- 2 John Hudson, the last named son of Joseph, m. March. 1808, 
Lucy Crocker. She d. Aug. 1837, and he m. April 19, 1838, Alice 
Frost. She d. Nov. 7, 1867. He is living in his 81st year. He 
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Eliza J. C, b. Dec. 4, 1808; d. Oct. 21, 1810. 

Eliza J. C, b. Nov. 23, 1812; d. July 13, 1832. 

Mary, b. IMarch 14, 1815; d. March 22, 1816. 

John, b. Nov. 22, 1818 ; d. May 22, 1840. 

William, b. March 17, 1^22; m. Oct. 19, 1845, Lucretia Fiske, dau. 
of Samuel and Ardelia L. (Tufts) Fiske, b. July 12, 1825. He 
resided first in Lex. and then in Worcester. He entered the ser- 
vice in 1861, served under Burnside in North Carolina, was at- 
tached to the signal corps, and d. of disease Aug. 20, 1862. He 
left two children, John A., b. Dec. 26, 1846 ; William F., b. Oct. 
3, 1848. 



THE HUFFMASTER FAMILY. 

Isaac Huffmaster, son of Andrew and Abigail Huffmaster, b. in 
Wo. July 13, 1793. He came to Lex. in 1827, and m. Dec. 1827, 
Frances Wier, b. in Medford, Sept. 27, 1801. He d. Nov. 21, 1865, 
aged 72. They had three children, — Frances Maria, b. July 9, 
1829 ; m. April" 11, 1854, A. Leonard Jewell of Walt. She d. Jan. 
9, 1860, leaving one child, Frank, b. Dec. 30, 1859. Mr. Jewell 
was killed by the falling of a staging, June 26, 1867. Isaac, b. June 
23, 1832, d. Oct. 6, 1832 ; Isaac, b. Aug. 19, 1838. 



THE HUNT FAMILY. 

Isaac Hunt was one of the assessors in 1711, and a subscriber 
for the purchase of the Common. His record is so meagre that we 
cannot trace him. The following are probably his children : Thomas, 
bap. April, 1701; Mary, bap. Sept. 5, 1703; Henry, d. Nov. 11, 
1705; Ebenezer, bap. April 16, 1708; Samuel, bap. June 27, 1710; 
John, bap. March 9, 1712. 



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IXGEKSOLL. — Jonathan Ixgeusoix came to reside in Lexing- 
ton in 175o from Holliston. In \1 bl , Jonathan and Nathaniel Inger- 
snll were in the French war as soldiers from Lex. Hannah Ingersoll 
was ad. to the ch. in Lex. Oct. 14, 1759. Dorcas Ingersoll v/sls bap. 
Oct. 21, 1859. 



THE JENNISON FAMILY. 

JosiAH Jennison, b. Jan. 22, 1730, was the son of Nathaniel 
Jennison of Weston, who m. Oct. 23, 1729, Abigail Mead, dau. of 
Hopestill and Elizabeth Mead. She d. and he m. Feb. 12, 1756, 
Mary Tidd, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy (Stickney) Tidd of Lex., 
b. Jan. 7, 1732. They were admitted to the ch. Nov. 13, 1757. 
They had eight children, Mary, bap. Nov. 13, 1767. d. young; Bet- 
sey, bap. Nov. 13, 1757, ad. to the ch. April 5, 1777 ; Josiah, bap. 
Sept. 9, 1759; Mary, bap. Nov. 1, 1761; Nathan, bap. Oct. 28, 
1764 ; John, bap. Oct. 30, 1768 ; William, bap. Sept. 2, 1770. * 



THE JOHNSON FAMILY. 

The Lexington records open with the name of four Johnsons, John, 
William, Thomas, and Obadiah, all of adult age, tax payers, and 
hence residents. The Johnsons were so numerous among the early 
emigrants, that it is impossible to trace them with accuracy. John 
Johnson of Wo., probably a son of Capt. Edward, ra. April 28, 
1657, Bethia Reed, and had among other children John, b. Jan. 24, 
1658; William, b. Sept. 29, 1662; Obadiah, b. June 15, 1664. 
These were probably the Johnsons found at Camb. Farms. John, 
William, and Thomas were subscribers for the meeting house, 1692, 
and John, William, and Obadiah were taxed in 1693. John and 
William are continued on the taxjist 1695 and 1696. 

John Johnson had a wife, and probably children, at that time. 
Mary, his wife, was ad. to the ch. before 1698, and on April 9, 1699, 
Mary, Prudence, and Rebecca were bap., and on the next Sabbath 
Sarah and Esther were bap. On the 4th of May, 1699, Mary was 
bap., and on the 10th of Sept., 1704, Abigail was bap. From these 
fragmentary records it is not possible to classify the families, and 
the following records of deaths at that period increases the per- 
plexity ; Thomas Johnson, d. Dec. 4, 1690; Mary Johnson, d. July 
16, 1691 ; Mary Johnson, sen., d. Dec. 29, 1694; John Johnson, d. 
March 8, 1698 ; Sarah Johnson, d. July 1, 1708. Some of these 
were probably the children of John. 

John Johnson was one of the parish assessors in 1712, and the 
year following he was consulted relative to a road to pass through his 
land, and in 1715 he was paid for the land so taken. He must have 
resided in the northerly part of the town, in the neighborhood of the 
Lockes and the Blodgetts. 

The Lancaster records give the marriage of William Johnson and 
Ruth Rugg, both of Lexington, Feb. 11, 1725; and the Lex. records 
contain the following: " William Johnson, son of William and Ruth 
Johnson, b. April 2, 1725." After this there is no mention of the 
name for more than half a century. 



MuNSON Johnson came from Wo. to Lex. in 1795, and David 
Johnson in 1797. They were brothers, and sons of Francis Johnson 
of Wo., who was son of Francis, of the same town. Munson m. 
Betsey Munroe, dau. of Nathan. They had two children b. in Lex., 
Charlotte and Adelia. 



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David Joiixson m. Feb. 2, 180-1, Pliilena Munroe, dau. of John. 
Thoy liad no issue. He d. Oct. 26, ISGO, aged 80 years and 5 months. 
She is living, in her 8Gth year. He took an active part in the militia, 
and rose to the rank of major. 



There was another branch of Francis Johnson's family which 
settled in Lexington. 

Thomas Johnsox, son of Frederick, and grandson of Francis, 
came to Lex. the latter part of the last century, to learn a trade of 
Seth Reed, and m. Sept. 1811, Mary Dudley, dau. of Nathan and 
Sarah Dudley. He d. July 1, 1830, aged 45; she d. Dec. 3, 1862, 
aged 70. He left four dau., all of whom m. and have resided in Lex. 

Mary D., b. Nov. 11, 1812; m. Jan. 16, 1836, Cotesworth P. Whee- 
ler. They have had Mary Henrietta, b. July 22, 1838, d. July 9, 
1866 ; Clara Ellen, b. Oct. 14, 1840 ; Theodora Elizabeth, b. Oct. 
4, 1844. He d. May 14, 1866. 

Sarah Maria, b. April 22, 1816 ; m. Feb. 13, 1840, James Sumner. 

Emihj, h. July 27, 1818; m. May 30, 1850, William E. Cogswell, 
and had one son, Willie, b. Jan. 15, 1853, and d. Sept. 7, 1853. 
He d. Feb. 12, 1860, aged 40. 

Susan Sprague, b. July 4, 1824 ; m. Dec. 30, 1846, David A. Tuttle. 



There has been another family of Johnsons In Lex., the pedigree 
of which we have not been able to trace. 

JoHX JoHXSOX m. Nov. 12, 1810, Eunice Pierce of Weston. He 
d. June 1, 1856, aged 76. He was son of Obadiah Johnson, who ra. 
Sarah Loring, dau. of John Loring. Tradition says that he had 
John and Sarah. Who Obadiah Johnson was, whence he came, and 
whither he went, we have not been able to ascertain. John lived 
and d. on East street, near Lowell street. 

Elbridge, b. April 11, 1811 ; d. April 12, 1811. 

John E., b. Sept. 11, 1812; d. June 27, 1826. 

StisaJi A., b. April 17, 1815; m. April 2, 1831, Horatio Brown. 

Thomas S., b. Oct. 3, 1817; m. Aug. 15, 1844, Margaret Sweney 

of Charlestown, where he d. 1858. 
Nancy A., b. Aug. 28, 1820; d. Oct. 20, 1822. 

Ann M., b. March 23, 1823 ; m. Aug. 30, 1843, Abel Jones of Acton. 
Sarah J., b. March 13, 1825; m. June 11, 1842, Alfred Laws of 

Westford. 
Ahnira, b. Ap. 30, 1827 ; m. Ap. 19, 1850, Wyman Skilton of Bur. 
JohnH., b. Sept. 18, 1830. 
Andrew, b. Feb. 11, 1833 ; m. Oct. 19, 1866, Sarah Cheney of Orange. 



There is still another family of the name. Charles W. John- 
son, b. in Wayland, June 5, 1805, m. April 12, 1832, Martha S. 
Miles of Con. He moved to Lex. in 1848. They have four chil- 
dren ; Charles E., b. Nov. 12, 1833; m. Nov. 29, 1859, Kitty M. 
Hadlock; Joseph M., b. Aug. 10, 1835; Martha M., b. July 18, 
1838, m. June 19, 1863, Albert F. Nurse ; William B., b. Mar. 2, 1842. 



THE KENDALL FAMILY. 

Though the Kendalls have never been numerous in Lex., there 
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came from Wo., where Francis Kendall was, as early as 1640, and 
was made freeman 1647. He m. Dec. 24, 1644, Mary Tidd of that 
town, and had John, b. 1646, Thomas, b. 1648, Samuel, b. 1659, 
besides several daughters. Francis Kendall was the ancestor of 
most of the Kendalls in Massachusetts, and indeed of New England, 
His son Thomas, m. Ruth, and had among other children Thomas, 
b. May 19, 1677. He was the first of the name in Lex. 

Thomas Kexdall probably m. [March 30, l/96, Abigail Brough- ^ / 
ton of Wo. as his first wife, and about 1701, m. second, Sarah, dau. / 
of Rev. Thomas Cheever of Chelsea. She d. in Framingham, May 
2, 1761, aged 7.5. They probably came to Lex. about 1710. In 
171.S, in the quaint language of' the record, " discourse being on 
foot concerning highways, Capt. William Reed offered to give for 
the peace and quiet of the town," a highway for Thomas Kendall 
and the neighborhood westerly of him. through his land to the town 
road. From this time there was a long, bitter controversy about 
Thomas Kendall's road, which was settled by Mr. Kendall's giving a 
bond to the town in 1730, binding himself and his heirs to save the 
town harmless from all expense in maintaining the road forever. It 
is difficult to fix the exact locality of the residence of Mr. Kendall, 
but it would seem that he resided' south and west of the great mea- 
dow, near the brook running into the same, and probably near what 
is now known as the Thorning Place. 

Thomas Kendall and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. 1728. 
He was constable in 1718, and filled several other subordinate town 
oflices. In 1745, he and his wife were dismissed to the ch. in Fra- 
mingham, to which place they had removed. Their first four chil- 
dren were born in Wo., and the rest in Lexington. 

Sarah, h. Sept. 7, 1702. 

Thomas, b. July 30, 1704. He was ad. to the ch. in Lex. 1726. 
Abigail, b. Aug. 10, 1706 ; ad. to the ch. in Lex. Nov. 29, 1724. 
Benjamin, b. Feb. 25, 1708. He went to Sherb., where he m. Jan. 

24, 1733, Kezia Leland, and had a family in that place. 
Joshua, b, Aug. 7, 1713; m. 1745, Sarah Dewing of Natick, and 

resided in Framingham. 
Ezekiel, h. Dec. 21, 1715. 8 Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1718. 
Ruth, b. June 13, 1720. 10 Jane, b. Nov. 14, 1722. 
Elijah, ? , T on -,-7->- S ra- Mav 24. 1750, Jemima Smith, Sud. 
Elisha, I ^- '^^°- ^^' ^^-^ 5 \ probably d. young. 



There were other Kendalls in Lex. at a somewhat early day, 
probably relatives of Thomas. Eleazer, of Eleazer and Hannah 
Kendall, bap. April 2, 1714; William, bap. May 6, 1716, ad. to ch. 
Oct. 16, 1737. Daniel Fiske of Walt. m. April 7, 1763, Sarah Ken- 
dall of Lexington. 

Olivek W. EIexdall was son of Capt. Oliver and Lucy Kendall 
of Ashby. He was b. Sept. 17, 1805; m. Feb. 8, 1831, Mary, dau. 
of Paul and Elizabeth Gates of Ashby, b. May 13, 1807. They 
came to Lex. immediately after their marriage. He has filled the 
oflace of constable about twenty years. They have two children ; 
Frank 0.,h. Jan. 18, 1834; m. Jan. 15, 1860, Estelle Ditson of 
Boston. They r. in Marlborough. He was in service nine months 
in the late rebellion. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1836 ; m. March 
27, 1862, Charles Hervey Bennett. He d. July 8, 1»64. 

KIBBE.— In 1710, Sherebriah Kibbe and Elizabeth Kibbe, 
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came, we have not learned. He subscribed, in 1711, for the pur- 
chase of the Common, and in 1713 was appointed sealer of leather. 
Tlie following is found upon the church records : Seth Kibbe, bap. 
Feb. 17, 1711; SaraJi Kibbe, bap. April 23, 1713; Sept. 9, 1722, 
bap. Samuel, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, and Mary Kibbe, — all of whom 
owned the covenant but Ebenezer. Esther Stone, dau. of Sherebriah 
Kibbe, and Hannah Kibbe, were also bap. 



THE LAUGHTON FAMILY. 

John Laughton, and his wife Sarah, came to Lex. from Heading 
about 1720. The first mention of them is the baptism of their dau. 
Hannah, Nov. 6, 1720. They were ad. to the ch. in Le.x. from the 
church of Reading, Jan. 24, 1723. He resided on Monument street, 
at or near the place recently occupied by Samuel A. Houghton. In 
1733, John Laughton was chosen deacon, and became a prominent 
man both in the church and in the town. In 1722, he was chosen 
one of the assessors, and filled that office nine years. He was also 
one of the selectmen in 1738. July 1, 1744, he and his wife and his 
son Jeremiah were dismissed to the ch. at Harvard, to Avhich place 
they had removed a short time before. .They had four children bap. 
in Lex.—Han7ia]i,h. Oct. 30, 1720; Jeremiah, b. July, 1723, d. 
soon after birth; Jeremiah, b. Aug. 4, 1725, moved to Harvard; 
Hepzibah, bap. July 27, 1735, m. Feb. 9, 1758, Edward Winship. 



There were other Laughtons in Lex. about that period. Thomas 
Laugtiton, and his wife Abigail, were in town, and had two children 
bap. viz. Sarah, bap. Dec. 10, 1735, and Thomas, Nov. 15, 1737. 
Thomas, the father, was ad. to the ch. April 14, 1728. He may have 
been a brother of Dea. John. Both left town about the same time. 



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THE LAWRENCE FAMILY. 

Though the Lawrences were not among the earliest settlers in 
Lex., the name appears on our records as early as 1(393; and for a 
considerable period they were among the prominent citizens. They 
were the descendants of John Lawrence, an early settler in Wat. 
This family dates back to the early period of 1190. It commenced 
with Sir Robert Lawrence, who was present at the seige of Acre, 
1191. The immediate descendants of Sir Robert married into the 
family of Washington, and thus the name of Lawrence was continued 
in the family down to the grandfather of Gen. Washington. The 
grandson of Sir Robert m. Matilda, dau. of John de Washington. 

John Lawrence was probably in Wat. as early as 1635, as his 
eldest child was born there March 14, 1G36. He was admitted free- 
man April 17, 1637. He. had two wives, and fifteen children. By 
his first wife, Elizabeth, he had thirteen, and by his last, Susanna 
Batchelder, he had two. The history of this family is very obscure, 
but little being known of the children except their names. 

John, b. March 14, 1C36. _ 

Jonathan, b. ; buried April 6, 1648. 



\Nathaniel, b. Oct. 15, 1639. 
Joseph, b. March, and d. May, 1642. 
Joseph, b. May 30, 1643. 

Mary, b. July 16, 1645; m. Inego Potter of Charlestown. 
8 I Peleg, b. Jan. 10, 1647. 9 Enoch, b. March 5, 1649. 



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Isaac, b. ; m. April 19, 1682, Abigail Bellows. 

Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1G55. 

Zechariah, b. March 9, 1659. 14 Abigail, b. Jan. 9, 1660. 

Susanna, b. July 3, 1667, eight days before the death of her father. 



Nathanikl Lawrence of Groton m. in Sudbury, March 13, 
1661, Sarah Morse, dau. of John and Hannah of Dedham. She d. 
in Groton 1684. He was ad. freeman in 1672, was early chosen 
Dea., was a representative, and was much employed in public busi- 
ness. After the death of his wife, Sarah, he m. Hannah . She 

d. after 1701, for her signature is set to a deed at that date. In 
advanced life he moved to Lex., where he d. April 14, 1724, aged 
85. His will, dated Aug. 4, 1718, and proved May 4, 1724, men- 
tions sons Nathaniel and John, dau. Hannah Houlden and Mary 
Wheeler, son Samuel Page, dau. Elizabeth Harris and dau. Deborah, 
and grandson Lawrence. What time he came to Lex. is uncertain; 
not however till after 1701. His son had preceded him, as he was 
in Lex. in 1693, his name being upon the tax bill of that year. He 
probably came to reside with his son John. 

Nathaniel, b. in Sud. April 4, 1661 ; m. Ann . 

Sarah, b. in Sud. Jan. 1, 1663; d. young. 

Hannah, b. July 3, 1664; d. young. 

\John, b. July 29, 1667 ; d. in Lex. March 12, 1746. 

Marrj, b, March 3, 1670; d. early. 

Sarah, b. May 16, 1672 ; she was probably the first wife of Samuel 

Page, who moved to Southboro. 
Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1674; d. Oct. 20. 1675. 

Elizabeth, b. ; m. Abner Harris of Medford. 

Hannah, b. April 26, 1687 ; m. Samuel Holden. 
Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1690; m. Zebadiah Wheeler.^ 
Jonathan, b. June 14, 1796. 



John Lawrence, a blacksmith and a farmer, m. in Groton, Nov. 
9, 1687, Anna Tarbell. He moved to Camb. Farms in 1693, where 
he and his wife were admitted to the ch. Feb. 9, 1699. He resided 
on the Bedford road, near the Bedford line. He was chosen one of 
the parish assessors in 1702, constable in 1705, selectman in 1717, 
'19, '26, '27, and '31. He was often employed by the town on im- 
portant committees, and was a highly respectable and useful citizen. 
He d. March 12, 1746, aged 79 ; shed. Dec. 19, 1732, aged 63. 

\John, b. June 10, 1688; d. Jan. 22, 1752. 

Thomas, b. ; resided in Groton. 

William, b. 1697 ; of Groton. 

Samuel, b. July 9, 1700. 

Anna, bap. Oct. 1, 1702, in Lex. ; m. Capt. Benjamin Bancroft of 

Charlestown. She d. July 21, 1787, in Groton. 
^Jonathan, bap. Feb. '24, 1706; m. P^lizabeth Swain. 
Sarah, bap. June 20, 1708 ; m. Josiah Fiske. 
\Benjamin, bap. May 31, 1713; m Jane Russell, 1735. 
]Amos, bap. Feb. 19, 1716; he removed to Groton. ' 



John Lawrence m. May 18, 1710, Elizabeth Stone, b. June 19, 
1693, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Dorcas (Jones) Stone. Though he 
was married in Lex. and his children were baptized there, he resided 
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parish. He had eight children, one of whom, Kebecca, m. June 27, 
1751, Thomas Locke of Lexington. 



Jonathan Lawrence m. Feb. 26, 1727, Elizabeth Swain of Lex., 
b. 17U7. He d. March 19, 1773, aged 68, and his widow d. July 4, 
1790, aged 85. He first settled in Sudbury, afterwards in Framing- 
ham, and returned about 1740, as one of his children was bap. in 
Lex. in 1741. The same year he was elected to town office. In 1743, 
he and his wife united with the church in Lex., by a letter of recom- 
mendation from the East Church in Sudbury. He was frequently 
employed in public business by the town, having filled the office of 
highway surveyor, tythingman, constable, &c. 

Elizabeth, b. in Lex. Feb. 19, 1728; d. Jan. 16, 1733. 

Mary, b. in Framingham Nov. 30, 1729; m. Abijah Smith of Lex., 

Jan. 1750. 
Sarah, b. in Fram. Dec. 15, 1731 ; m. Jan. 30, 1752, Jonathan Reed, 

son of Benjamin and Rebecca Reed of Lex. He settled in Littleton. 
Jonathan, b. in Fram. Feb 5, 1734. He went to Wo., where he m. 

Elizabeth Johnson ; afterwards moved to Asliby. 
\Dezaleel, b. probably in Fram., April 13, 1736. 
Micah, b. March 15, "1739, and bap. in Lex. He grad. H. C. 1759, 

was ordained a minister at Winchester, N. II., Nov. 14, 1764, and 

d. Jan. 1794, aged 55. 
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1741, bap. in Lex. ; m. Nov. 7, 1764, Thad- 

deus Bowman of Lex. 
Anna, b. March 19, 1746 ; d. July 18, 1753. 
John, b. June 5, 1748 ; went to Ashby, where he was deacon. 
Benjamin, b. Sept. 13, 1750 ; d. June 9, 1753. 



Benjamin Lawrence m. Feb. 12, 1735, Jane Russell, b. July 
19, 1711, dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth. He was ad. to the ch. 
June 29, 1735, she being a member before. They were dismissed in 
1737 to the church in Westborough, and from that church to Boston. 



Amos Lawrence, who was bap. in Lex. Feb. 19, 1716, m. Nov. 
17. 1749, Abigail Abbott, b. Jan. 25, 1721, dau. of Nehemiah 
and Sarah (Foster) Abbott of Lex. At what time he left Lex. is 
uncertain. He moved to Groton, where his children were born. He 
had four sons, Amos, Nehemiah, Samuel, and Asa, born between 
1750 and 1757. Samuel, his third son, became quite distinguished. 
He m. 1777 Susanna Parker of Groton. He was a dea. of the church, 
justice of the peace, and filled other important offices. He was one 
of those who rallied at Cone ord to oppose the progress of the British 
troops. He was one of the founders of the academy in Groton, which 
now bears his name. He was highly esteemed by his townsmen, and 
respected by all who knew him. He had six sons, five of whom lived 
to grow up, and became very distinguished, fjuther, b. 1778 ; Wil- 
liam, b. 1783; Amos, b. 1785; Abbott, b. 1792; Samuel, b. 1801. 
The first of these was a lawyer, and mayor of Lowell, the other four 
were merchants in Boston, well known and respected in the commu- 
nity. Abbott represented the country, as Minister Plenipotentiary, 
at the Court of St. James. 



Bezaleel Lawrence m. Oct. 19, 1758, Sarah Muzzy, dau. of 
Amos and Esther (Green) Muzzv, b. March 30, 1737. He was ad. 
to the ch. March 26, 1758. He d. Feb. 6, 1796, and she d. Feb. 4, 
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Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1759; m. Nov. 15, 1781, John Smith of Lex. 
Amia, b. May 17, 1761 ; d. April 4, 1845, aged 84. 
Bezaleel, b. April 12, 1763. lie went to Leominster, where he be- 
came one of their prominent citizens. 
Esther, h. June 30, 1765; m. Oct. 7, 1784, John Hastings. 
Bethia, b. Sept. 25, 1767 ; d. April 19. 18U1, aged 34. 
\Jonas, b. Feb. 27, 1770; d. Jan. 8, 1835, aged 65. 
^Jonathan, b. Sept. 11, 1774; d. 1840. 



Jonas Lawrence m. 1789, Dorcas Wood of Woburn. 



Dorcas, b. Oct. 29, 1790. 
Jonas, b. Feb. 4, 1796. 
Lucy, b. Jan. 12, 1801. 
Emeline, b. Dec. 7, 1805. 



54 Edmund, b. Dec. 7, 1794. 
56 Lureiia, b. July 19, 1798. 
68 John, b. June 17, 1803. 
60 Joseph B. V., b. Aug. 31, 1807. 



Jonathan Lawrence m. April 12, 1798, Polly Reed of Bedford. 

Polly, b. April 28, 1799, 62 Esther, b. April 23, 1801. 

Abigail, b. Nov. 8, 1803; d. Dec. 23, 1826. 
Elizabeth Swaiii, b. Sept. 10, 1807. 



There has been another family of Lawrences in town more recently, 
which originated from Wat., but it is thought by those well informed, 
that there was no relationship between them. John Lawrence and 
Oeorge Lawrence were both early settlers in Wat. Bond, in his 
genealogies of Watertown, says, '* The will of John Lawrence fur- 
nishes no reason for supposing that he and George were nearly 
related. All the families of this name in Wat., Walt., and Weston, 
after the removal of John and his family to Groton, appear to be 
descendants from George. 

The preceding families descended from John, and the following 
families from George. 

George Lawrence, of Wat., was b. 1637; m. Sept. 29, 1657, 
Elizabeth Crispe, who d. 1681 ; and he m. 16'J1, Elizabeth Holland. 
He had fourteen children ; George, his third son, b. June 4. 1668, m. 
Mary, and had eight children. John, the second son of George, was 
b. Feb. 20, 1704, and d. 1770. He r. in what is now Walt., and m. 
-Jan. 24, 1734, Mary Hammond. His youngest son, Phinehas, b. 
Feb. 19, 1749, m. Nov. 5, 1770, Elizabeth Stearns. He was a dea- 
con and selectman, 1781-1786. He had eleven children, 

Phinehas Lawrence, the oldest son of the preceding Phinehas, 
was b. Feb 19, 1775, and m. Dec. 22, 1796, Polly Wellington, dau. 
of William Wellington. He resided in Walt, about four years after 
his marriage, when he settled in Lex., 1800. He d. June 9, 1864, 
aged 89, and she d. June 9, 1847. 

\Isaac W., b. in Walt. Jan. 30, 1797; m. Sept. 11, 1822, Mary Par- 
ker; he d. 1843. 

Lonisa,h. in Walt. Sept. 10, 1798; m. Oct. 23, 1821, Marshall 
Brown ; r. in Western. 

Maria, b. in Lex. April 3, 1800 ; m. April 23, 1822, Joshua S. Smith. 
She is still living. 

Adeline, b. Dec, 19, 1801 ; m. Nov. 21, 1822, Thomas Barnes, Walt. 

\William II., b. Nov. 28, 1803; m. May 9, 1835, Eliza Eaton. 

Sybil, b. Sept. 4, 1805 ; m. Dec. 24, 1824, Bass of Peterbor- 
ough, N. H. They had two chil. b. in Lex. ; Almira, who m. 
Prescott Bennett ; and Addison, who m. Hannah Hopping. 
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\Sydnpy, b. Dec. 24, 1806; m. Ap. 9, 1829, AnnaMaynard of Walt. 
Charles, h. Sept. 30, 1808; d. 1811. 

\Phinehas, b. Sept. 4, 1810; m. July 3, 1831. Catharine Pierce. 
Charles, b. June 21, 1812; drowned June 17, 1832. He was the 

first buried in the new cemetery in Lexington. 
Franldin, b. June 17, 1814; d. Sept. 2, 1847, unm. 
Mary W., b. April 13, 1816 ; m. April 28, 1842, Willard Evans ; she 

d. 1848. 
Leonard, b. Feb. 25, 1820; m. April 19, 1845, Elizabeth Lord of 

Portsmouth, N, H. ; r. in Providence. 



Isaac W. Lawrknce m. Sept. 11, 1822, ^lary Parker, dau. of 
Robert Parker. He d. Nov. 18, 1843. His widow is still living. 



Albert, b. — 
Henry L., b. 
Parker, b. — 
Theodore, b. 



- ; r. in Arlington, 
r. in Boston. 
; r. in Boston. 



William II. Lawrence m. May 9, 1835, Eliza Eaton. 



Ann Eliza, b. 

Charles H.,h. 



George Bancroft, b. - 

Abbott, b. ; r. 

Wesley, b. ; r, 



m. Comee ; r. in Boston. 

m. in Boston, where he resides, 
; r. in St. Louis. 



in Boston, 
in Boston. 



Sydney Lawrence m. April 9, 1829, Anna Maynard of Walt.,1 
dau. of Antipast Maynard, b. Oct. 27, 1809. 

Julian, b. June 1, 1830; ra. Sydney Butterfield. 

Charles, b. Aug. 6, 1832; m. Georgiana Robinson ; r. in E. Camb. 

William Webster, b. Sept. 15, 1834; m. Judith C. Smith; r. in East 

Cambridge. 
Waldo E., b. Dec. 15, 1836 ; r. in Boston. 
Francis M., b. Jan. 15, 1838 ; m. Mrs. Mary Thayer of Camb. ; r. 

there. 
Qeorge i7., b. Feb. 28, 1841 ; m. Oct. 1865, Mary Marsh of Belmont, 

and r. in Boston. 
Almira A., b. Sept 28, 1843; d. Oct. 1, 1865. 
Bernard W., b. June 15, 1846; r. in Boston. 
Sydney M., b. June 12, 1853. 



Phinehas Lawrence m. Catharine Pierce, dau. of Loring Pierce. 



Leander, b. 

William W., b. 
Sophia, b. 



killed in the late war. 
r. in Providence. 



; m. Maxwell Reed; r. in Providence. 



THE LIVERMORE FAMILY. 

Though the name of Livermore rarely appears upon our records, 
the fact that Leonard J. Livermore was one of our clergymen for 
nine years, will justify the following notice of the family. 

John Livermore came to New England, 1634, when 28 years of 
age, and settled in Wat. 1642. He was ad. freeman 1635. He was 
frequently elected selectman in Wat. By his wifie Grace he had nine 
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Anna Brid-e, and d. Dec. 5, 1G90. She d. Aug. 28 1/27, aged 81. 
Thev had twelve children. Jonnihnn, their sixth chihl, b. April IJ, 
1078 ; ra. Nov. 23. 1009. Rebecca Barnes. He d. ^ov. 8 l/Oo and 
she d. Dec. 9. 1765, aged 85. They had four children Jona//ir7«, 
their oldest child, b. Aug. 16. 1700 ; m. June 23, 1/23 Abigail Ball 
About two rears after their marriage they moved to Northboro , ot 
which he was the first town clerk. His wife dying, he m. ->;Ov 10 
1775, Jane Dunlap. He lived to the remarkable age of one hundred 
years and seven months. He had eleven children by h>s first wife. 
Jonathan, their fifth child, b. Dec. 7, 172:» grad at H C. 1'60. He 
was settled as a clergvman in Wilton, N. H. He m. bept U, UU3 
Elizabeth Kidder, who d. his widow, Dec. 12, 1822. He d. July 30, 
1809, aged 80. They had ten children. 

Solomon- K. Liveemore, the fifth child of Rev. Jonathan, was b. 
March 2, 1779 ; grad at H. C. 1802, studied law and settled in Mil- 
ford, X. H. He m. July 6, 1810, Abigail A. Jarvis of Camb. He 
repeatedly represented the town in the Legislature. 

Leonard Jarvis, b April 15, 1811 ; d. Nov. 28, 1822. 

Henry Lee, b. Aug. 3, 1812; was a merchant m Baltimore 

Thomas A., b. Feb. 7, 1814; a surgeon dentist at Galena, 111. 

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1815; d. June, 1817. 

£?i2o6e//i ^., b. March 28, 1818. 

Rebecca P. J., b. Dec. 31, 1819 ; m. Aug. 24, 1841, Joseph C. Man- 

ninor of Baltimore. 
\Leonard Jarvis, b. Dec. 8, 1822 ; grad at H. C. 1842. 
Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1825. 



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kins, dau. of Aaron Perkins. He was installed at Lex. Oct. 4, 18o/ ; 
left the Society, Nov., 1866 ; r. in Cambridge. 

AUena M., b. April 1, 1848, at East Boston. 
Clara P., b. Mav 27, 1851, at Groton. 
Joseph P., b. Feb. 19, 1855, at Clinton. 
Henry Jarvis, b. May 27, 1865, at Lexington. 



THE LOCKE FAMILY. 

The Lockes have been a numerous family in Lex. from its early 
settlement. In 1634, among others 

Willi oi Locke, a lad only six years of age, came to thi^s coun- 
try with his relative Nicholas Davis, in the ship Planter, >icholas 
Trarice master. Thev came to Woburn, then a part of Charlestown. 
William Locke was b". at Stepney Parish. London, Eng .Dec. 13 
1628- m Dec. 27, 1655, Mary Clarke of Wo., dau. of ^^ illiam and 
Mar^erv! She was b. at Wat., Dec. 20, 1640, and d. at Wo. July 
18 1715 a^red 74 vears and 7 months. He d. June 16, 1.20, aged 
9l'years'and 6 months. He was a large land holder in different 
parts of Wo. and several lots bounding upon Camb. (now Lex.) 
line. He was a dea. of the ch. 

1- 2 William, b. Dec. 27, 1657 ; d. Jan. 9, 1658. ,,,..,„ , 

3 \William, b. Jan. 18, 16.59 ; m. Sarah ^^^litmore and Abigail Havwood. 

4 \John, b. Aug. 1, 1661 ; m. Elizabeth Plympton and Mary \\yman. 

5 1 hJoseph, b. March 8, 1604; had three wives. , ^^ ^ „ 

6 1 Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1666 ; m. March 30, 1692, Samuel Kendall. 



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\Samnel, b. Oct. 14, 1669; had two wives. 

\Ehenezer, b. Jan. 8, 1674; was twice married. 

James, b. Nov. 14, 1677 ; m. Dec. 5, 1700, Sarah Cutter. 

Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1681 ; m. Oct. 14, 1700, James Markham. 



William Locke, Jr. m. May 29, 1683, Sarah Whitmore, dau. 
of Francis and Isabel (Park) Whitmore of Camb. She d. and he 

m. June 8, 1698, Elizabeth . He d. July 8, 1738, aged 79 ; 

she d. 1748 or 49. He was chosen deacon 1709, was selectman in 
1704 and 1732. He resided in that part of Wo. which was afterward 
Burlington, After his decease, on petition of Thomas Locke, his 
grandson, a part of this estate, including the house, was set to Lex. 
This was the house on Lowell street, known as the Hammond Locke 
place. 

\William, b. June 28, 1684; was twice married, 
i^ra/ias, b. July 25, 1690 ; •' " 
Z>a«?:eZ, b. July 9, 1693 ; " " 

■]Ehenezer, b. ; by second wife, Elizabeth. 

Abigail, b. June 22, 1710; m. Oct. 3, 1728, Jonas Merriam. 
These children were born in Woburn, but now Lexington. 



John Locke m. May 31, 1683, Elizabeth Plympton, dau. of 
Thomas and Abigail Plympton of Sudbury, who was an emigrant 
from England, and was killed by the Indians at Sudbury, April 18, 
1676. She d. Feb. 23, 1720, and he ra. Nov. 30, 1720, widow Mary 
Wyman, who was dau. of Increase Winn of Wo., who was the first 
white child b. in that town. He lived in Wo. but probably d. at 
Lancaster, about 1756. They had seven children. 



Joseph Locke m. Mary , who d. April, 1707, and he m. 

Margaret Mead, dau. of Israel Mead. He resided in that part of 
Camb. which is now Lex. His farm probably joined his brother Wil- 
liam's. In 1695, his father gave him twenty acres at a place called 
" Cambridge ffarmes," containing a mansion house and barn, and 
"out-housing, orchard, fields, &c., bounded S. E. by Capt. Cook's 
farm, W. by Joseph Simonds ; also four acres at * Bull Meadow,' 
bounded by Cambridge line S. W." 



Mary, b. — 
Abigail, b. 
Lydia, b. 



m. George Traluddia, ( ?) July 15, 1727. 
-; m. Jan. 8, 1720, Thomas Fessenden. 



Sarah, b. July 14, 1696; m. June 10, 1718, Samuel Snow. 

^Joseph, b. March 19, 1699; m. Sarah . 

Elizabeth, b. March 15, 1703; m. Aug. 13, 1725, John Scatto. (?) 

Huldah, b. June 28, 1705 ; m. May 28, 1743, Timothy Reed. 

Margaret, b.May 6, 1710; m. Nov. 5, 1730, John Russell. 

Joanna, b. Feb. 2, 1713 ; m. Jan. 3, 1734, Jonas Munroe. 

Ruth, b. May 9, 1715. 

^Stephen, b. Jan, 26, 1718; m. Mehitabel Raymond. 



Samuel Locke m. Ruth . She was a member of the ch. 

in Lex. before 1698, and d. Dec. 14, 1714. He m. Mary Day of 
Ipswich. He possessed a large landed property, and resided about 
half a mile from Lex. Common on the county road to Bed. He had 
but one child, Samuel, b. July 5, 1718. He lived on his father's 
place, before spoken of, and d. there unm. His father left him a 
large property in real and personal estate, including several slaves ; 
this property he contrived to spend, and d. poor, about 1800. This 
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Ebenezer Locke m. Oct. 18, 1697, Susannah Walker of Wo. 
She d. June 13, 1799, and he m. Oct. 14, 1701, Hannah Mead, dau. 
of David and Hannah of Camb. He d. Dec. 24, 1723, aged 49 ; she 
d. July 24, 1739, aged 63. He resided on his father's homestead. 

\Ehenezery b. April 28, 1699 ; m. Mary Merriam. 

Samuel, b. Aug. 24, 1702 ; m. March 2, 1730, Rebecca Richardson. 

Josiah, b. March 15, 1705. He resided in Woburn. 

Joshua, b. Aug. 21, 1709. He was twice m. and resided in Woburn, 

Southboro', and Westboro'. 
Nathan, b. March 30, 1713; d. 1723. 
Hannah, b. April 11, 1716; m. 1739, Asa Richardson. 



William Locke m. Mary , who d. Feb. 21, 1711, aged 21 ; 

he m. second, Jemima Russell, dau. of Philip Russell. He resided 
in the second precinct of Wo. which was incorporated as Burlington, 
1799 ; but that portion of his farm on which his house stood, was the 
same year annexed to Lex. This is the place situated on Lowell 
street, before spoken of. He owned the covenant at Lex. Sept. 9, 
1716. He d. Jan. 20, 1767, aged 83, and she d. Nov. 16, 1782, 
aged 90. 

A son, b. and d. March 1, 1710. 

A dau. b. ; d. Feb. 21, 1711, mother d. same time. 

Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1716; m. April, 1746, Joseph Ferry. 
Jemima, b. July 4, 1718; m. Oct. 28, 1736, Ebenezer Brooks. 
\Waiiam, b. Feb. 2, 1721; m. 1747, Grace Newell. 
'^Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1722; m. June 27, 1751, Rebecca Lawrence. 

Jonas, b. Jan. 13, 1727 ; m. Dwight. 

Joseph, b. April 23, 1729 ; m. Mary Ayres. 

Ebenezer, b. Nov. 3, 1732 ; was twice married. 

Joanna, b. Feb. 27, 1735 ; m. Oct. 10, 1753, Phineas Blodgett. 

Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 1737; m. Sept. 4, 1755, Jonathan Fiske. 



Ebenezer Locke m. Elizabeth . They owned the cove- 
nant in Lex. April 20, 1717. He probably resided in Wo. though 
they attended meeting in Lex. where their children were baptized. 

Ebenezer, bap. April 28, 1717; d. March 22, 1720. 

Elizabeth, bap. June 19, 1720; m. 1747, Ebenezer Merriam. 

Sarah, bap. Aug. 11, 1723; m. Oct. 11, 1744, Timothy Wyman. 

Hannah, bap. June 13, 1725 ; m. 1746, Timothy Newton. 

Abigail, bap. April 28, 1728. 

Phebe, bap. March 7, 1731 ; m. Ebenezer Merriam, Jr. 

Ebenezer, bap. March 2, 1735; m. Feb. 27, 1759, Lucy Wood. 



Joseph Locke m. Sarah , who d. May 28, 1777; he d. 

Jan. 13, 1785, aged 86. He resided in Lex. on his father's home- 
stead, in the west half of the house. He served in the French war, 
1754. 

\Joseph, b. March 28, 1734, m. May 7, 1761, Sarah Baldwin. 
Benjamin, b. Oct. 10, 1735 ; d. of disease contracted in the French 

war, Nov. 12, 1755, aged 20. 
Nathan, b. Dec. 2, 1737 ; d. May 19, 1761, aged 24. 
\Amos, b. Dec. 24, 1742 ; m. Oct. 19, 1769, Sarah Locke. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1746; m. Dec. 21, 1769, Jer. Harrington. 
Mary, b. May 31, 1749 ; m. April 20, 1769, Isaac Blodgett, who d. 

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Lex. He d. April 22, 1772, aged 53, and his wid. d. Oct. 29, 1815, 
aged 94. They resided in Lex. 

Mchitahcl, b. Aug. 17, 1747. She was living in Lex. in 1773. 

\ReHhen, b. March 16, 1749 ; m. Jerusha Richardson. 

Stephen, b. March 29, 1750; m. 1780, Sally Hopkins ; went to Deer- 

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EUzaheth, b. June 14, 1753; d. unm. 1816, aged 64. 
\Benjamin, b. May 7, 1756 ; m. Aug. 10, 1784, Betsey Wyman. 



Ebenkzer Locke m. Mary Merriam. dau. of Thomas and Mary 
Merriam. In 1715, when he was sixteen years of age, "he of his 
own free will and accord put himself apprentice to Joseph Loring of 
Lex., house carpenter and joiner, to learn his art, trade, or mystery 
after the manner of an apprentice." At the close of the indentures 
is this memorandum : " It is to be understood y' y® said apprentice 
is bound to Lydia Loring, y'^ now wife of y^ above said Joseph 
Loring, and she to him in all things to be performed what is above 
written." He had land in Townsend and Ashby. He moved first to 
Hopkinton, where he had three children bap., and from thence to 
Oxford about 1738. 



William Locke m. 1747, Grace Newell of Camb. They resided 
in Lex., and pei-haps for a short time in Wo. and Walt. He was a 
soldier of the Revolution ; was in the battles of Ticonderoga and 
White Plains, and d. in the army in 1776, aged 56. His wid. at one 
time resided at Walt., but at a later period with her son Jonas at 
Lex., where she d. Dee. 31, 1790, aged 63. She was buried in the 
grave-yard at East Lexington. 

Mary, bap. at Lex. June 12, 1748; d. young. 

William, b. ; d. young, 

William, b. ; was a soldier in the Revolution for several 

years ; was like his father in the battles of Ticonderoga and White 

Plains, and at other places, and d. in the army after 1779, unm. 
Edmund, h. ; was in the army of the Revolution nearly all 

through the war, and d. at Lex. of disease contracted in the army, 

May iO, 1786, unm. 

Jemima, b. ; d. Sept. 6, 1781, unm. 

Mary, b. Aug. 1759; d. unm. 1848, aged 89. 

Nathan, b. March 2, 1762 ; m. June 21, 1785, Anna Bond. 

\Jonas, b. . He was three times married. 

Joshua, h. Aug. 1769. He was living at Walt., unm., 1852. 



Thomas Locke m, June 27, 1751, Rebecca Lawrence, dau. of 
John of Wo. He d. Feb. 21, 1792, aged 70, and his wid. m. Jan. 
13, 1795, Noah Eaton, and d. March 14, 1814, aged 86. He was a 
carpenter, and resided on the old homestead, which was set to Lex. 
He was in the army of the Revolution. 

\Thomas, b. Aug. 29, 1756; m. Nov. 5, 1778, Lydia Reed. 



Joseph Locke m. May 7, 1761, Sarah Baldwin of Billerica, who 
d. Feb. 19, 1824, aged 84. He d. April 27, 1791, aged 57. He 
resided in Lex. He was in the French and Indian war in 1756 and 
1760 ; was a sergeant in the last year. 



Nathan, b. Dec. 7, 1761 ; m. 
he d. 1800. 



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\Asa Baldwin, b. Mar. 3, 1764 ; m. Mary Wellington. Dec. 31, 1789. 
Sarah, b. May 27, 1766 ; m. May 12, 1789, Josiah Mead. 

Joseph, b. ; m. first, Martha Ingersoll, and second, widow 

Mary Foster. 
Edwin, b. Sept. 13, 1771; m. Sept. 10, 1794, Matilda Trask. 



Amos Locke m. 1769, Sarah Locke. She was an orphan, whose 
true name is now lost, who was adopted and lirought up by Thomas 
Locke, whose name she took. lie d. July 27, 1828, aged 87 ; she 
d. July 1835, aged 84. He resided in the north part of Lex., on the 
farm now owned by William Locke, on North street. lie was one 
of Capt. Parker's company, and met the British on the Common on 
the 19th of April, 1775, — for which he was prepared by service in 
the French war in 1762. 

\Benjamin A., b. Dec. 31, 1769 ; he was twice married. 
\Stephen, b. March 23, 1778; m. April 11, 1804, Betsey Nichols. 
James, b. Dec. 22, 1785; m. Feb. 26, 1811, Lucy Nichols. 
Amos, b. ; m. March 27, 1805, Joanna Greenleaf. 



Rf.ubex Locke m. Jerusha Richardson, dau. of Reuben, who m. 
Esther Wyman. He d. Jan. 28, 1823, aged 74, and his wid. d. Nov. 
15, 1833, aged 88. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and 
was taken prisoner, and was confined in the prison at Forton, Eng. 
His farm was a part of that now owned by William Locke, on North 
street. 

Jerusha, b. Jan. 16, 1774; m. David Simonds, July 23, 1795. 
Mehitahel, b. March 27, 1775; d. unm. Oct. 2, 184"l, aged 66. 
Lydia, b. March 23, 1777; d. unm. 

Betsey, b. Sept. 1, 1780; m. Jan. 25, 1798, James Wvman, Jr. 
Beuhen, b. Jan. 15, 1782 ; m. Feb. 2, 1804, Polly Wiley 
fZoa, b. June 5, 1783; m. March 15, L'^Oo, Mary Foster. 
\Charles, b. June 16, 1786; m. Abigail Nichols, Dec. 8, 1812. 
Stephen, b. Sept, 27, 1791 ; m. Sukey Wiley ; resided in Reading. 



Benjamin Locke m. Aug. 10, 1784, Bett^ey Wyman, dau of Reu- 
ben of Wo. He resided at Burlington and Lex. most of his life ; 
afterward in Boston, where he d. June 4, 1842, aged 85. His wife 
d. in JjCX. Oct. 1, 1831, aged 70. He was one of the heroes who 
encountered the British on the 19th of April, 1775. He was also in 
the detachment Avhich marched to Canib. May 6, 1775, and likewise 
on the 17th uf June of that year. 

Betseii, b. Feb. 10, 1785; m.- 1805, Timothy Tileston, Jr. 

Benjamin, b. March 19, 1787 ; d. young. 

Ruth, b. June 6, 1790; m. ehine 6, 1811, Harvey Tileston. 

Lucy, b. Sept. \1, 1792; d. young. 

Benjamin, b. May 17, 1795; ui. Oct 9, 1823, Susan Tileston. 

Lucy, b. Aug. 3, 1797 ; m. James Wallis of Camb. 

Levi, b. Dec. 1, 1798; m. Dec. 1, 1829, Susan Simonds. 

Lusuba, b. Jan. 26, 1802 ; m. Aug. 5, 1824, Lambert Maynard. 



Jonas Locke ra. Dec. 21, 1781, Sarah Russell, dau. of Philip and 
Lydia (Dodge) Russell. She d. and he m. second, Nov. 2, 1800, 
Eunice Winship. She d. Sept. 29, 1825, aged 68, and he m. third, 
wid. Deborah Blodgett, Feb. 28, 1828. He resided in Lex., where 
he d. Aug. 23, 1833, aged 71. Like his father and his brothers, he 
was a patriot and soldier of the Revolution ; he served about four 
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Jonas, bap. April 28, 1782 ; m. Sept. 26, 1807, Abigail White of 

AVestminster, 
William, bap. May 25, 1783 ; in. Mary Welch of Boston ; r. in 

Newton. 
Sally, bap. April 9, 1786; m. March 8, 1808, Eli Whitney. She 

d."l847. 
Lydia, bap. June 3, 1792 ; m. May 29, 1817, EinoryWhitney. They 

resided first at Wat. then at Le Roy, N. Y. 
Martin, bap. Aug. 1. 1799. 
Edmund, b. ; d. unm., aged about 21. 



Thomas Locke m. Nov. 5, 1778, Lydia Reed, dau. of Hammond 
Reed. She was b. July 14, 1760, and d. Sept. 7, 1825, aged 65 ; 
and he d. April 20, 1819, aged 63. They resided on the old Locke 
Place, which was set to Lex. from Burlington. 

Lydia, b. March 8, 1779 ; m. Timothy Temple ; lived in Providence. 
Jjury, b. March 4, 1781 ; m. Amos Hills of Hudsoh, N. H. 
Rebecca, b. March 25, 1784; m Oct. 1, 1820, Thaddeus Munroe. 
Thomas, h. Nov. 5, 1786 ; m. April 27, 1813, Lucy Rhodes. He d. 

Nov. 2, 1829, aged 43. She is living. 
\Hamnio7id, b. July 13, 1790; m. Jan. 27, 1814, Rebecca Nevers. 
Sally, b. May 21, 1752; m. 1820, Abel Fitz. 
Nancy, b. Aug. 20, 1794 ; m, April 8, 1827, John Winning. 
Harriet, b. May 10, 1800 ; d. April 6, 1809. 



Asa Baldwin Locke m. Mary Wellington, Dec. 31, 1789. He 
d. Nov. 25, 1821, aged 57, and his wid. m. Abijah Harrington, Dec. 
14, 1823. 

Oliver, h. April 25, 1790; m. April 1, 1816, Joanna Jacobs. He 
was a captain in the militia, and was killed Oct. 1825, by the acci- 
dental discharge of a gun in the hands of an intimate friend. His 
wid. m. Nov. 28, 1832, William Smith. Capt. Locke had Faus- 
tina Mulliken, b. Aug 24, 1819, m. Dec. 3, 1846, David A. Gage, 
and d. Dec. 4, 1850; and Juan Sophia, b. Oct. 3, 1825, m. June 
16, 1852, Eli F. Davis. 

Nathan, b. Aug, 1792; d. 1806. 

Darius, h. Dec. 1, 179.5; d. 1808. 

Mary, b. ; m. Feb. 21, 1822, William Burgess. 



Baldwin, b. Jan. 10, 1805; m. Adeline Josline, Nov. 18, 1830. 

had six children ; Oliver B., b. Sept. 17, 1831, William B. 

Aug. 13, 1833, Lorenzo, b. Sept. 2, 1835, Samuel J., b. Aug. 

1837, Martha W., b. April 19, 1839, Mary, b. Oct, 21, 1841. 
Abigail, b. Nov. 15, 1806; ra. July 30, 1837. 



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Benjamin Amos Locke m, Betsey Lawrence 1808. She d. March 
16, 1822, and he m. June 23, 1823, Sally Marrett. He r, in Lex., on 
School street. He d, Oct, 19, 1829, aged 61. She d, Sept. 4, 1863. 

Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1824; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Jeduthan Rich- 
ardson. 

Benjamin F., b. July 3, 1825 ; m. Oct. 31, 1849, Anne E. Hill. He 
has several children. 

Albert ^., b. Aug. 8, 1828. He left Lex. a few years since, and is 
in South America. 



Stephen Locke m, April 11, 1804, Betsey Nichols, dau. of Capt. 
Noah Nichols of Cohasset. He d. May 10, 1839, aged 61. 



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\Wmiam, b. Sept. 2, 1805 ; m. Nov. 5, 1838, Harriet Locke. 
Stephen, b. Feb. 18, 1807; m. 1832, Priscilla Wellington. 

d. 1861. 
Nichols, b. March 20, 1810; m. Jan. 5, 1838, Bloomy Davis. 
jAmos, b. Sept. 30, 1813; m. May 31, 1834, Rboda Blodgett. 
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1823; d. Oct. 18, 1826. 



He 



James Locke m. Feb. 26, 1811, Lucy Nichols, dau. of Adna 
Nichols of Lex. He d. April, 1848. He resided on Grove street, 
near the Ebenezer Siraonds place. 

Sally, h. April 29, 1811 ; m. Thomas C. Gould, Nov. 8, 1832. 

James Adna, b. Sept. 18, 1814; d. April 5, 1817. 

James Adna, b. March 14, 1819; m. Harriet Stearns, dau. of Amos 

Stearns ; resides at Charlestown. 
Benjamin, b. Dec. 7, 1821; m. March 11, 1856, Mary H. Skilton, 

dau. of Horace and Fanny (Harrington) Skilton. He resides in 

Charlestown. 



LoA Locke m. March 15, 1805, Mary Foster, who was b. Oct. 3, 
1784. He d. Dec. 4, 1865, aged 82 ; she d. Jan. 21, 1851, aged 66. 

Loa, b. Oct. 12, 1805 ; resides at the South. 

Bomanus, b. Jan. 4, 1807; d. 1833, aged 26. 

Oeorge, b. April 21, 1811 ; m. Abby Smith Casey. 

Lydia, b. Dec. 26, 1813; m. Aug. 2, 1738, Ebenezer B. Tuck. 

They resided and d. in Croyden, N. H. 
Stephen, b. Oct. 24, 1816 ; m. Eliz. J. Casey, andr. in Saxonville. 
Mary Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1819; m. Oct. 1, 1843, Ebenezer Lakeman. 

He r. in Charlestown, and has several children ; the first, Lydia 

S., was b. in Lex. Aug. 11, 1844. 



Charles Locke m. Dec. 8, 1812, Abigail Nichols of Cohasset, 
who was b. t>ec. 15, 1791. They reside in the northerly part of 
Lex. ; he was a deacon of the Baptist Church. 

Charles Burrell, b. Dec. 2, 1813 ; m. July 25, 1835, Lucy A. Crosby, 

resided in Boston, and d. about 1863. 
Lewis, h. Nov. 21, 1815; was twice m. ; went to California, where 

he d. Aug. 23, 1864. 
Abigail, b. April 22, 1817; m. Aug. 22, 1839, William M. Roberts. 

They reside at Weston. 
Elmira, b. Feb. 27, 1819; d. April 27, 1828. 
Elizabeth N., b. Nov. 15, 1828. 



Hammond Locke m. Jan. 27, 1814, Rebecca Nevers, dau. of 
Samuel and Ann Nevers of Bur. He resided on the farm of his 
ancestors in Lex. He was drowned July 15, 1843, aged 53. 

A Daughter, b. March 5, 1815; d. same day. 

Harriet, b. Jan. 22, 1817 ; m. Nov. 5, 1838, William Locke. 

Marshall H., b. Feb. 14, 1819; d. Feb. 7, 1822. . 

Marshall H., b. Feb. 12, 182 J ; m. Dec. 27, 1848, Lucy A. Wyman. 

He has moved to Somerville. 
Augusta B., b. March 14, 1824; m. Feb. 4, 1845, William Duren. 
Adeline, b. June 14, 1826; m. Henry MuUiken. 
Theodore Lyman, b. Feb. 22, 1829 ; was killed at Charlestown, April 

16, 1851, while riding in his wagon, by the falling of the steeple of 

the Bunker Hill Baptist church, in a violent gale. 
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WiLLiAM Locke m. Nov. 5, 1838, Harriet, dau. of Hammond 
Locke. He resides in Lex., on the farm of the first Joseph Locke. 



Emily, b. May 3, 184L 
Ausiin W., b. June 8, 1852. 



148 Jane, b. May, 1844. 



Amos Locke m. May 31, 1834, Rhoda Blodgett, dau. of James, 
b. May 6, 1813. 

Elizabeth Augusta, b. Aug. IG, 1836; m. Sept. 28, 1857, George F. 

Marvin. 
William Henry, b. June 17, 1838 ; m. June 8, 1864, Helen F. Elliott. 
Warren Edgar, b. May 28. 1841 ; m. June 30, 1862, Eliza C. Dawes. 
Henrietta M., b. Aug. 27, 1842. 154 Gardner H., b. Nov. 10, 1851 . 



There was another family of Lockes in Lex. ; MicajaJi, son of 
Josiah of Wo., b. Dec. 4, 1786, m. Sept. 20, 1812. Almira Russell. 
He resided in the East Village, and d. Dec. 23, 1842 ; they had eight 
children ; Josiah, b. April 4, 1813, m. Sept. 20, 1841, Sarah Cotton ; 

Almira R., b. June 8, 1815, m. Jeremiah Evans, and Gould; 

Frances Ann, b. May 25. 1817, m. April 6, 1839, Loring Cummings ; 
Mary R., b. Jan. 31, 1819, m. Edward Divols ; Jonathan, b. Nov. 
20. 1820; Eliza S., b. Nov. 10, 1822, m. Dec. 5, 1845, Otis Locke; 
Rebecca A., b. Oct. 13, 1824; Amos R., b. Oct. 8, 1826 ; Susan A., 
b. April 8, 1829 ; Matilda L., b. Aug. 21, 1831 ; William M., b. Oct. 
27, 1833 ; George W., b. Aug. 21, 1836. This family must generally 
have left town. 



THE LORINa FAMILY. 

Dea. Thomas Loring and his wife Jane (Newton), came to this 
country 1635, and settled in Hingham. They were from Axminster, 
Devonshire, Eng. His son John, b. in Eng. Dec. 22, 1630, m. 
1657, Mary Baker of Hing., by whom he had several children. Jo- 
seph, his second son, was b. March 10, 1660. His descendants I 
give below, so far as they relate to Lex. 

Joseph Loring of Hingham ra. Oct. 25, 1683, Hannah Leavitt. 
He d. Feb. 19, 1692, and she m. Aug. 25, 1693, Joseph Estabrook, 
then of Hingham, but afterwards of Lex., where he became a very 
prominent man. He d. Sept. 23, 1733, and she d. Oct. 25, 1728. 

^Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1684. He settled in Lexington. 

Nehemiah, b. June 27, 1686. 

Joshua, b. Sept. 21, 1688. He came to Lex. with his brother Jo- 
seph, was ad. to the ch. in 1708, and dismissed to the First Church 
in Boston, June 8, 1712. 

Submit, b. Aug. 11, 1691 ; d. Jan. 8, 1740, unm. Mr. Hancock, in 
his church record, under date of Jan. 4, 1740, makes this entry: 
•* Submit Loring 1 baptized after meeting at Mr. Loring's house, 
and this is the first I ever baptized in private. She was very sick." 

Joseph Loring m. Lydia Fiske, dau. of David Fiske of Camb. 
Farms, b. May 17, 1685. He probably came to Lex. from Hingham 
about 1706. He bought ninety acres of land in Camb. Farms, in 
1706, of John Poulter. The deed designates Joseph Loring as "of 
Hingham." In 1711, he was one of the subscribers for the purchase 
of the Common. He and his wife Lydia were ad. to the ch. July 4, 
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one of the deacons in 1743, and d. July 4, 1746, aged 63. She d. 
Oct. 4, 1758. He was a valuable citizen ; was constable in 1714, 
and town treasurer in 1725 and 1726. 

Lydia, bap. June 21, 1711 ; m. June 11, 1731, John Mason. 

\ Joseph, bap. Aug. 21, 1713; m. Kezia Gove. 

Sarah, bap. Juiv 17, 1715; m. Dec. 2, 1736, Thaddeus Bowman. 

John, bap. Aug.' 11, 1717; d. Dec. 13, 1717. 

Hannah, bap. Sept. 20, 1719 ; m. March 22, 1735, Samuel Winship. 

Manf' \ *^^°^' ^^P- J^°- ^' 1722 ; | ^_ j^^^ g^^ ^^g^^ g^^,! ^^^^^ 



Joseph Loring m. Jan. 1, 1736, Kezia Gove. He d. Sept. 13, 
1787, aged 74, and she d. Sept. 16, 1789, aged 75. He was chosen 
dea. May 20, 1756, and held that office thirty-one years. He was 
often employed on important committees in the town. He resided 
on Main street, on the place opposite the Town Hall. His house 
was pillaged and destroyed by the British on the 19th of April, 1775. 
The account made out by Deacon Loring at the time, shows the 
amount of his suffering, and the wantonness of the enemy. He sets 
down his loss as follows : 

A large mansion house and barn seventy feet long, and 
a corn barn, all burnt, 

Household goods and furniture, viz., eight good feather 
beds and bedding ; a large quantity of pewter and brass 
ware ; three cases of drawers ; two mahogany tables, with 
furniture for eight rooms. 

All the wearing apparel of my family, consisting of nine 
persons. 

All my husbandry tools and utensils, with a cider mill 
and press, with five tons of hay and two calves. 

About two hundred rods of stone wall thrown down, 

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N. B. The above-mentioned buildings were the first that were 
destroyed in the town, and were near the ground where the brigade 
commanded by Lord Percy met the detachment retreating under 
Lt.-Col. Smith. It does not appear that any of the militia were in 
or near these buildings, neither could they in any way either oppose 
or retard the British troops in their operations ; therefore the destruc- 
tion must be considered as brutal, barbarous, and wanton. 

Joseph Loring. 

John, h. June 28, 1742 ; m. June 8, 1765, Elizabeth Howe of Con. 
Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 1745 ; m. Nov. 26, 1776, Capt. Wm. Chambers, 

of N. H. 
^Joseph, b. Dec. 27, 1747 ; m. Nov. 26, 1772, Betsey Pollard of Bed. 
^Jonathan, b. Feb. 7, 1749 ; was twice m. 
Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1755 ; m. Obadiah Johnson. 



Joseph Loring m. Nov. 26, 1772, Betsey Pollard of Bed. They 
were ad. to the ch. Feb. 27, 1774. He was one of Capt. Parker's 
company, and also marched to Camb. on the memorable 17th of 
June, 1775. Subsequently he entered into the marine service with 
John Chandler, Jr., and being on the Southern coast, under Com- 
modore Tucker, was included by Gen. Lincoln in the capitulation of 
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which he suffered severely, he was exchanged, and, amid destitution 
and comparative nakedness, was compelled to beg his way home to 
Lex., auiid the taunts and sneers of the tories. 

Betsey, b. April 15, 1774 ; m. Abel Smith, moved to Jaffrey, N. H. 
John Hancock, b. Nov. 24, 1775 ; m. Polly Penny, and removed to 

Groton, where he settled. 
Lydia, b. Feb. 8, 1779 ; m. Peter Harrington. 
Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1782 ; d. a young man. 
Susy, b. June 30, 1784 ; m. Nathan Munroe of Concord. 
Joseph, bap. April 12, 1792. 



Jonathan Loring m. Rhoda . She d. Oct. 22, 1809, and 

he m. Feb. 13, 1812, Mrs. Hannah Danforth of Lex. He was a 
member of the gallant band commanded by Capt. Parker, and was 
upon the Common on the 19th of April. He was also with the de- 
tachment which marched to Camb. on the 6th of May, and also on 
the day of the battle on Bunker's Hill. He was also at Cambridge 
two months in the campaign of 1776. He not only performed his 
duty after the war had commenced, but he performed an important 
duty introductory to the affairs of the 19th of April, On the evening 
of the 18th, when it was known that certain British officers had gone 
up toward Concord, Jonathan Loring and two others volunteered 
to go up and watch their movements. He was taken prisoner 
and kept several hours, till on the return of these officers he was set 
at liberty near Lexington Common, about daylight in the morning. 
This family acted a conspicuous part on that memorable occasion. 
The church plate was kept at the house of Dea. Loring, and fearing 
that the British soldiers in their vandalism might destroy it, Lydia 
Loring, a sister of Jonathan, took the precaution to secrete it under 
some brush not far from the house, and so prevented it from being 
destroyed or carried off with the rest of the property of the family. 
He moved with his family to Mason, N. H. 

Lucy, bap. Oct. 8, 1786 ; m. Dec. 27, 1813, Levi Baxter. 
Rhoda, bap. Oct. 8, 1786. 26 Polly, bap. Nov. 22, 1789. 

Joshua, bap. Nov. 11, 1792. 28 Thomas, bap. Oct. 23, 1796. 



MANN. — This name appears a few times on Lex. records. James 
Mann m. Sept. 29, 1736, Mary Simonds. He was taxed in Lex. 
1738, for both real and personal estate, and his name appears on the 
tax bill for a number of years. He was a soldier from Lex. in the 
French war, in 1759 and 1760. They had five children, viz., Mary, 
b. March 29, 1737, d. Nov. 4, 1738 ; Benjamin, bap. Nov. 4, 1739, 
probably went to Walt., where he had a family by his wife Martha; 
Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1743; Joanna, b. April 12, 1747; Mary, b. 
1749, d. Dec. 23, 1764. 



THE MARRETT FAMILY. 

The Marretts were early in the country, though they did not come 
to Lex. till about 1770. 

Thomas Marrett is supposed to have come to New England in 
1635. He settled in Camb., where he was made a freeman in 1636. 
He was a dea. of the church. He m. Susan, in Eng., where John, 
the only child of whom we have any knowledge, was b. Thomas d. 
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John Marrett came to this country with his father, and suc- 
ceeded to his estate. He probably m. after he came to this country. 
His wife was Abigail Eddeson, b. in Cheshire, Eng. His will, dated 
1696, mentions wife Abigail, sons Amos and Edward, and dau. Han- 
nah and Mary. He also makes mention of Abigail Rice and Susan 
Amsden, two married daughters. 

Thomas, b. about 1655 ; he was killed by the Indians at Sudbury, 
April 20, 1675, unm. 

Amos, b. 1657; m. Nov. 2, 1681, Bethia Langhorn. She d. Nov. 
20, 1730, aged 70, and he m. second, Mrs. Ruth Dunster of Camb. 
He d. Nov. 17, 1739, aged 82, without issue. His will, dated April 
12, 1735, and proved Dec. 16, 1739, mentions wife Ruth, brother 
Edward, and sisters Abigail Crashbiirn and Mary Hovey. He 
makes his nephew Amos the principal heir of his estate. He was 
dignified with the title oi Lieutenant. 

Susan, b. June 19, 1659 ; m. Amsden. 

John, b. Jan. 29, 1661 ; d. Nov. 6, 1663. 

John, b. June 3, 1664 ; d. at sea, unm. 

Abigail, b. Aug. 6, 1666 ; m. first, Rice of Sudbury, and sec- 
ond, Crashburn. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 17, 1668; m. Samuel Hastings of Cambridge. 

\Edward, b. Aug. 2, 1670 ; m. Hannah Bradish. 

Mary, b. March 7, 1672 ; ra. Dec. 10, 1702, Joseph Hovey of Camb. 
He d., and she m. Nathaniel Parker of Newton. 

Lydia, b. Feb. 22, 1674 ; d. young. 



Edward Marrett m. Hannah Bradish of Camb. She d. April 
9, 1754, in her 85th year, and he d. April 11, 1754, in his 84th year. 
Dying within two days of each other, they were buried the same day, 
in the same grave, and one monumental stone marks their resting 
place. 



Amos, b. 
John, b. 



: d. aged about three years, 
d. in Boston of small pox, aged about 18. 



Susanna, b. 1698; m. Sept. 27, 1722, John Pierce of Boston. They 
moved to Stow, where he d. and she m. Samuel Witt of Marlbor- 
ough, a prominent citizen of that town, who represented them 
several years in the General Court. She d. in 1794, at the re- 
markable age of 96 years. 

Abigail, b. 1700; m. June 13, 1724, Judah Monis, Hebrew Profes- 
sor of Harvard College. She d. Oct. 27, 1760, aged 60. He was 
an Italian by birth. After the death of his wife, he left his proies- 
sorship, went to Northborough, and lived with his brother-in-law, 
Rev. Mr. Martyn, where he d. His monumental stone bears an 
inscription so peculiar, that I will transcribe it, poetry and all. 

Here lie buried the Remains of 

Rabbi Judah Monis, A. M. 

Late Hebrew Instructor 

at Harvard College in Cambridge, 

In which office he continued 40 years ; 

He was by birth and religion a Jew, 

But he embraced the Christian faith 

And was publicly baptized 

At Cambridge, A. D. 1722, . 

And departed this life 

April 25, 1764, 

Aged eighty-one years, two months 

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A native branch of Jacob see, 

Which once from off its olive broke, 

Rcgrafted from the living tree, Rom. 11 : 17, 24. 

Of the reviving sap partook. 

From teeming Zion's fertile womb, Isai. 66 : 8. 

As dewy drops in early morn, Psalm 110: 3. 

Or rising bodies from the tomb, John 5 : 28, 29. 

At once be Israel's nation born. Isai. 66 : 8, 29. 



\Amos, b. Sept. 5, 1703 ; m. Mary Dunster. 

Hannah, b. ; m. Joseph Lawrence of Camb. 



Afterwards 



moved to Connecticut. 
Edward, h. ; m. Mary Wyatt, by whom he had five children ; 

one of them, Thomas, grad. H. C. 1761, and was a trader at Cape 

Ann. Edward m. as a second wife, Mrs. Susan Foster of Boston. 

He was a captain of a company in Camb. He d. Sept. 13, 1787. 
Mary, b. ; m. John Martyn of Boston. He was afterwards 

settled as a clergyman at Northborough. 



Amos Marrett m. Sept. 21, 1732, Mary Dunster, dau. of Henry 
Dunster of Camb. He d. Nov. 1747. 



Amos, b. 



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Abigail, h. Aug. 25, 1733 ; d. young. 

Buth, b. April 30, 1735 ; d. in Newton, May 2, 1766, unm. 

\Amos, b. Feb. 4, 1738; m. Abigail Tidd of Lex. 

Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1740 ; d. 1754. 

John, b. Sept. 10, 1741 ; grad. H. C. 1763. He studied divinity, 
and was settled over the second parish of Wo. (now Burlington), 
Dec. 21, 1774. He m. Martha Jones, dau. of Rev. Thomas Jones, 
his predecessor in the same parish. Mr. Marrett had but one 
child who lived to grow up, viz., Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1783. She 
m. Jan. 1, 1818, Rev. Samuel Sewall, who succeeded her father 
as pastor of the parish. Mr. Sewall is a son of the late Chief Jus- 
tice Sewall, and is distinguished as an antiquary. 



Amos Marrett m. Dec. 14, 1760, Abigail Tidd, dau. of Daniel 
and Hepzibah (Reed) Tidd of Lex, He ra. as of Cambridge, where 
he probably resided some five or six years after his marriage, when 
he moved to Lex. They were ad. to the Lex. ch., Sept. 15, 1771, 
from the First Church in Camb. He d. March 24, 1805, aged 66. 
He was a soldier in Capt. Parker's company in 1775, and was in the 
Jerseys three months the year following. 

\Ainos, b. in Camb. Oct. 4, 1763; m. Nov. 28, 1786, Patty Reed. 

Abigail, h. in Camb. June 4, 1765 ; m. Oct. 6, 1788, Jonathan Smith. 

jDaniel, b. in Camb. July 18, 1767 ; m. July 24, 1796, Mary Muzzy. 

Ruth, b. Nov. 12, 1768. 

Betsey, bap. Nov. 28, 1773; d. Nov. 3, 1797, aged 24. 

John, bap. July 9, 1775 ; d. Dec. 17, 1797, aged 22. ■ 

Thomas, bap. July 20, 1777 ; d., a student in H. C, July 6, 1798. 



Amos Marrett ra. Doc. 28, 1786, Patty Reed, dau. of Hammond 
and Betty (Simonds) Reed, b. Dec. 5, 1765. He d. Nov. 10, 1824, 
aged 61 ; she d. Oct 16, 1849, aged 85. 

Patty, b, Sept. 9, 1787 ; m. Jonas Cutler. They moved to West- 
minster, where they had three children, who are now residing in 
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Sally, b. Oct. 1, 1789 ; m. June 15, 1823, Benjamin Locke, Jr. 

Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1792. 

Nabbij, b. Aug. 18, 1795; d. April 6, 1854, unra., aged 58. 

Betsey, b. July 4, 1798 ; m. April 30, 182G, Amos Towne. 

Mary, b. March 18, 1801 ; m. April 1, 1827, Joel Adams. 

John, b. Oct. 17, 1803 ; d. 1858, unm. 

Emily, b. Dec. 26, 1806 ; m. Nov. 17, 1830, King George. Surely 

this was a royal alliance. 
Harriet, b. Sept. 13, 1809 ; m. April 22, 1842, Ivory Sanborn. They 

have had several children. No record. 



Daniel Marrett was graduated at H. C. 1790, and was ordained 
as minister in Standish, Me., Sept. 21, 1796. He m. July 24, 1796, 
Mary Muzzy, dau. of William and Lydia (Reed) Muzzy of Lex. 
She d. and he m. second, Oct. 8, 1810, Dorcas Hastings, dau. of 
Samuel and Lydia Hastings of Lincoln. He d. 1836. 



THE MASON FAMILY. 

The Masons have never been very numerous in Lex., though they 
occupied for a time a highly respectable position in town. 

Hugh Mason of Wat. was one of the first settlers of that town, 
where he enjoyed in a high degree the confidence and esteem of his 
fellows. He was ad. freeman in 1635, and represented the town ten 
years, from 1644 to 1677. He was selectman two years, between 
1639 and 1678. He was also appointed by the General Court a com- 
missioner to try " small causes." He d. Oct. 10, 1678, aged 73. 

Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1636 ; m. Oct. 17, 1657, Joshua Brooks, Con. 

Ruth, b. ; d. Dec. 17, 1640. 

Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1640 ; m. May 20, 1668, Rev. Joseph Estabrook 

of Concord. 
\John, b. Jan. 1, 1645; ra. Elizabeth Hammond. 
Joseph, b. Aug. 10, 1646; ad. freeman 1690; d. July 22, 1702. 
Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1649; grad. H. C. 1666. 
Sarah, b. Sept. 25. 1651 ; m. May 20, 1668, Capt. Andrew Gardner 

of Brookline. He was lost in the expedition to Canada, 1690. 

John Mason ra. Elizabeth Hammond, dau. of Lieut. John and 
Sarah Hammond of Wat. She d Nov. 13, 1715; he d. about 1730. 

^Joh7i, b. Jan. 22, 1677 ; m. Elizabeth Spring. 

Daniel, b. . He was a farmer in Newton. 

Elizabeth, b. ; m. Thomas Brown, innholder, Boston. 



John Mason m. Oct. 18, 1699, Elizabeth Spring, dau. of Lieut. 
John and Hannah Spring of Wat. He came to Lex. about the time 
of his marriage. In seating the meeting house in 1699, " John Ma- 
son was plast in y® second seat in y^ front gallereye." He and his 
wife were ad. to the ch. Dec. 19, 1708. He was one of the assessors 
in 1702, and a subscriber for the purchase of the Common in 1711, 
and was constable in 1714. He was town clerk 1729, '31, '34, '35, 
and '36, and selectman about the same period. His name upon the 
record is also dignified by the title o{ Ensign. He lived on the Main 
street, a little below the old Munroe Tavern, and hence the name of 
'* Mason's Hollow." 

^John, b. Aug. 8, 1701 ; m. June 17, 1731, Lydia Loring. 
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d. 1802. 
Jonas, b. Oct. 21, 1708. 

Katharine, h. Aug. 5, 1710; d. in Holliston, May 7, 1733. 
Esther, b. Jan 2, 1713; d. Aug. 3, 1713. 
Sarah, h. June 7, 1714; m. Jan. 3, 1733, William Munroe, son of 

William, Jr. and Mary. He d. Aug. 18, 1747, and she m. second, 

Francis Bowman, Esq., in 1748. 
Mercy, b. Nov. 12, 1716; d. Nov. 30, 1717. 
Samuel, b. Oct. 9, 1720. 



John Mason m. June 17, 1731, Lydia Loring, dau. of Dea. Jo- 
seph and Lydia lioring. He d. Jan. 20, 1787, aged 87 ; she d. Feb. 
18, 1790, aged 80. He was selectman in 1755. 

Lijdia, b. March 31, 1732 : d. unm. April 24, 1813, aged 82. 
Katharine, b. Oct. 29, 1733 ; m. April 23, 1754, Daniel Edes of 

Charlestown. 
John, b. April 9, 1735. 

\Joseph, b. July 29, 1736 ; m. Elizabeth Peak. 
Jonas, b. March 2, 1738 ; m. March 23, 1762, Submit Whittemore. 
Elizabeth, h. June, 1739 ; d. young. 
Sarah, bap. Oct. 26, 1740. 

Hannah, bap. Sept. 6, 1747; m. a Mr. Bull of Watertown. 
Samuel, bap. May 14, 1749. 
\Daniel, j) C bap. July 21, 1751 ; m. June 6, 1793, Sarah 

> twins, < Cheney of Newton. 
Elizabeth, ) d bap. July 21, 1751. 



Joseph Mason m. Oct. 19, 1769, Elizabeth Peck. He was in 
the French war 1762, and was one of the pliant band which met the 
British on the Common at the opening scene of the Revolutionary 
drama. He was town clerk from 1770 to 1790. He d. Oct. 3, 1814, 
aged 78, and she d. Jan. 20, 1829, aged 87. He was somewhat 
noted as a school-master in his day. 

Mary, b. June 24, 1770; m. Daniel Underwood. 
John, b. Sept. 8, 1772 ; d. May 3, 1793, unm. 



Daniel Mason m. June 6, 1793. Mrs. Sarah Cheney of Newton. 
He resided near the rail road crossing on Woburn street. He died 
without issue. He belonged to the Spartan band which refused to 
lay down their arms on the 19th of April, 1775, not fearing " the 
King's commandment." 



THE MEAD FAMILY. 

There is considerable difficulty in tracing the Meads. The first of 
tlie name appear to be migratory, and are found in different places. 
Savage informs us, that Gabriel Mead of Dorchester was made a 
freeman in 1638, and d. 1666, aged 79 ; that his will mentions seve- 
ral daugliters, and that he had a son, Israel, b. 1639, who lived in 
Wat., moved to Dedhain, and perhaps to Wo. Israel, probably son 
of the preceding, is sometimes spoken of as of Wo., and sometimes 
as of Camb., but it is undoubtedly the same person, and from him 
the Lexington Meads in part descended. 

Israel Mead, sometimes of Camb., m. Feb. 26, 1669, Mary Hall, 
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'* viewer of wood." Whether he resided at that time in the old town 
or at the Farms, we are unable to say; but in 1693, when the North 
precinct was organized, he must have been within its territory, as he 
was taxed for ministerial land purchased at that time. The same tax 
bill bears tiie name of his son, Thomas Mead. Israel Mead was one 
of the original members of the ch. organized 1696, and Thomas was 
ad. 1699, and his wife, Hasaniah, was admitted in August of the same 
year. During the same season two of Thomas's children, Hannah 
and Sarah, were bap. The record of Israel's wife's death is among 
the first of the obituaries on the parish records, being Sept. 1, 1692. 
Israel was one of the committee to seat the gallery of the meeting 
house in 1700. He d. Sept. 6, 1714. His will, dated April 2, 1713, 
and proved Sept. 20, 171-4, mentions particularly sons Thomas, John, 
Stephen, and Ebenezer, and dau. Margaret Locke, Mary, and Ruth. 
He also makes a bequest to four grandchildren, — the oldest child of 
Thomas, John, Stephen, and Margaret Locke. He also remembers 
his faithful spiritual teacher. " I give to Mr. John Hancock, the rev- 
erend pastor of the church of Christ in Lexington, twenty shillings." 

\Thomas, b. about 1670. 

\J(ihn, b. about 1672. 

Hannah, b. about 1674; d. Jan. 28, 1702. 

Margaret, b. Jan. 20, 1676 ; m. Joseph Locke, as his second wife. 

\Stephen, b. about 1679 ; lived and d. in Concord. 

Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1682. 

Ruth, b. Aug. 10, 1684 ; probably d. Nov. 3, 1726, unm. 

Ebenezer, b. May 11, 1686. 



Thomas Mead ra. Hasaniah . He was in the North pre- 
cinct in 1693, and he and his wife were ad. to the ch. in 1699. In 
1700, when they " seated the meeting house," he had a seat assigned 
him in the " front side galery." He was constable in 1704 and in 
1714. It is doubtful whether any of his sons, except Israel and Cor- 
nelius, lived permanently in Lex., as we do not find their names upon 
the tax bills extant. 

Hannah, bap. May 8, 1699 ; d. 1723. 

Sarah, bap. May 8, 1699. 

Thomas, bap. Sept. 1700; probably went to Littleton. 

Jonathan, bap. Sept. 6, 1702. 

\lsrael, bap. Aug. J 6, 1704; m. Sarah . 

\Samuel, bap. May 3, 1706 ; went to Harvard. 

Mary, bap. March 3, 1709. 17 James, bap. April 8, 1711. 

\CorneUus, bap. June 3, 1714; m. Hannah Hadley. 



John Mead m. Rebecca . He probably moved to Weston. 

He owned the covenant in Lex. Feb. 23, 1707, when " John Mead, 
the first-born of John," was baptized. Rebecca was admitted to the 
ch, July 31, 1709. He probably left town soon after the birth of his 
children named below, as his name is not found upon the tax bill 
in 1729. 



John, bap. Feb. 23, 1707. 
Lydia, b. April 7, 1714. 
Rebecca, b. March 1, 1719. 



20 Joseph, bap. Feb. 13, 1709. 
22 Israel, b. Aug. 27, 1716. 
24 Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1721, 



Stephen Mead. The Lex. records give no information of him 
or his family. By the Probate records I learn that in 1717, Thomas 
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the only child of his brother Stephen, late of Concord; and in 1734, 
Joseph Mead of Bedford settled with his uncle Thomas, his late 
guardian. 



Israel Mead m. Sarah . She d. June 22, 1745, aged 37, 

and he m. Mary Robbins, Feb. 21, 1751. He was ad. to the eh. 
March 28, 1742. 

Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1732 ; m. Dec. 26, 1753, Nathan Pierce. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 3, 1734. 

John, b. June 2, 1745. 28 Mary, bap. Sept. 17, 1747. 



Samuel Mead was ad. to the ch. 1742, and dismissed to the ch. 
in Harvard, July 1, 1744, where he ivsided and had a family. Sam- 
uel, one of his sons. grad. H. C. 1787, studied divinity, and settled 
at Alstead, N. H. He d. 1822. William O. Mead of Belmont, a 
broker in Boston, is a son of Rev. Samuel. 



Cornelius Mead m. Oct. 15, 1751, Hannah Hadley. 
1759, and his wid. administered upon his estate. 



He d. 



Sarah, h. Sept. 20, 1753; m. Nov. 11, 1779, Thomas Jones of Con. 
Abner, b. Dec. 15, 1754. He served in the Revolutionary war. 
Benoni, b. May 1, 1756 ; d. Aug. 4, 1766. 
Susanna, b. Jan. 26, 1758. 



There is another branch of the Mead family, which should be kept 
distinct, though it is believed that they were all of the same original 
stock. 

David Mead of Camb., perhaps son of Gabriel, m. at Wat. Sept. 
24, 1675, Hannah Warren, and had David, Hannah, John, and prob- 
ably Hopestill, and other children. David admitted freeman 1683. 

Hannah, b. Sept. 1676. 

\David, b. 1678; m. Feb. 5, 1708, Hannah Smith of Wat., where he 

settled. 
\Hnpestill, b. 1681 ; m. Aug. 22, 1707, Elizabeth Hastings. 
John, b. 1685. 6 Sarah, b. 1688. 7 Susanna, b. 1690. 



David Mead m. Feb. 5, 1708, Hannah Smith, dau. of Joseph and 
Hannah (Tidd) Smith. He settled in Watertown, (which then in- 
cluded Waltham,) probably near the line of Lex. In the record of 
a public meeting in Lex. Feb. 23, 1712, is this entry, — " David Mead 
of Watertown did request that he, paying twenty shillings, might be 
interested in the meeting house for himself and family. Voted in the 
affirmative " She united with the ch. in Lex. June 22, 1718, and in 
October of that year their first four children were bap. Slie d. in 
childbed, Oct. 4, 1723. He d. in Walt. Feb. 25, 1767, aged 89. 

Lydia, b. Dec. 1, 1710. 

Moses, b. Oct. 21, 1712; ad. to the ch. 1742. 

\Joshua, b. Nov. 9, 1715; m. March 24, 1750, Lucy Parker. 

\ Matthew, b. Aug. 9, 1717 ; m. Martha Danforth. 

Susanna, b. Aug. 1, 1719; m. Dec. 14, 1738, Jacob Bigelow, Walt. 

Hopestill, b. Sept. 7, 1721 ; m. March 13, 1750. Sarah Pierce, Walt. 

David, b. Sept. 23, 1723 ; m. Oct. 16, 1747, Mary Bond, settled in 

Line. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. June 19, 1748, 

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HoPESTiLL Mead m. Aug. 22, 1707, Elizabeth Hastings. He d. 
Aug. 9, n.iO, aged 69. In his will, dated Aug. 7, 1750, and proved 
Sept. 24, 1750, he mentions wife Elizabeth, kinsman Benjamin Hast- 
ings, dau. Abigail Jennison, grandson Josiah Jennison. He makes 
Joshua Mead of Waltham, whom he designates as his kinsman, exec- 
utor of his will. As he mentions no child but Abigail, and looks 
among his kinsmen for heirs, it is probable that he had no other child 
living at that time. Though he probably lived within the limits of 
Waltham, his associations were with Lex., and he attended church 
here. He was ad. to the ch. in Lex. Sept. 12, 1742, and was dis- 
missed to Waltham, Sept. 1, 1750. 

Abigail, bap. Aug. 30, 1713 ; m. Oct. 23, 1729, Nathaniel Jennison. 



Joshua Mead m. March 24, 1750, Lucy Parker, dau. of Andrew 
and Sarah (Whitney) Parker, b. April 4, 1731. They were ad. to 
the ch. Dec. 8, 1751. Though Joshua Mead united with the ch. in 
Lex., and a part of his children were bap. here, he resided within 
the limits of Waltham. 

Lticy, bap. Jan. 19, 1752; d. December of the same year. 
Marij, b. May 1, 1753 ; ra. Dec. 3, 1772, Abraham Whitney. 
Moses, b. Dec. 2, 1754 ; m. May 22, 1777, Lizzy Viles. He was in 

the Revolutionary war. 
Lydia, b. May 17, 1756 ; m. June 1, 1775, Joseph Adams of Newton. 

Elijah, b. Sept. 30, 1758 ; m. Abigail . 

Jacob, b. Oct. 30, 1760 ; d. 1816. 



Matthew Mead m. Jan. 23, 1754, Martha Danforth of Billerica. 
He was ad. to the ch. 1742, and d. April 1, 1796, aged 78; she d. 
Aug. 8, 1792, aged 63. He resided near the town hall, where Mr. 
Russell now resides. His house was ransacked by the British, April 
19, 1775. He was frequently elected to office, as constable, school 
committee, and tythingman. 

Ward, b. Dec. 16, 1755. 

Martha, b. Aug. 10, 1756 ; d. young. 

Rhoda, bap. July 9, 1758 ; m. Sept. 13, 1786, Philemon Munroe, as 

his second wife. 
\Levi, bap. Aug. 14, 1759 ; m. Betsey Converse. 
^Josiah, b. Oct. 18, 1761 ; m. Sally Locke. 
Elias, bap. May 29, 1763; d. June 1, 1765. 



Levi Mead m. Betsey Converse of Bed. They were ad. to the 
ch. May 30, 1784. He served in the war of the Revolution, and was, 
in 1796, a captain in the militia. He moved with his family, about 
1801, to Chesterfield, N. H. 



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Levi, bap. Aug. 8, 1784. 

James, b. Oct. 26, 1788. 31 Bradley, bap. Oct. 18, 1792. 

Larkin, bap. Oct. 18, 1795. 33 Mias, bap. March 17, 1799. 

Marshall, b. in Chesterfield, N. H. 

Betsey, b. in Chesterfield, N. H. 



JosiAH Mead m. May 12, 1789, Sally Locke, dau. of Joseph and 
Sarah (Baldwin) Locke, b. May 27, 1766. He d. July 5, 1829, aged 
68 ; she d. Sept. 2, 1839, aged 73. He was a trader in the town, 
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Clarissa, h. June 10, 1790 ; m. Nov. 30, 1815, Nathaniel Harring- 
ton. She d. 1866. 

Maria Hoioard, b. June 12, 1792 ; m. Dec. 7, 1821, Nathan Chandler. 
She is living in Lex. in her 76th year. 

Sally, bap. April 13, 1794; d. in infancy. 

Martha J., b. June 6, 1797 ; m. Feb. 1, 1824, Nathan Harrington. 
She d. June 26, 1835, leaving two children. 

Sally, bap. Feb. 22, 1801 ; m. Oct. 11, 1821, James Hastings of Line. 
They are both living in Lex. 

Franklin, bap. Aug. 23, 1803 ; d. Oct. 1805. 

The name of Mead has become extinct in Lex. In the early 
records the name is often spelled with an s. Meads, though in later 
years the s has been dropped. 



THE MERRIAM FAMILY. 

The Merriams were very numerous in Lexington during the first 
seventy-five years of her history. They came from England, and 
settled in Concord, where they were among the prominent families. 
Shattuck, in his history of Concord, tells the old story, which he 
thinks may be true in this case, of three brothers coming over to- 
gether, Robert, George, and Joseph. Robert was town clerk in 
Con. for a long period, and also a representative, lie d. without 
issue, Feb. 15, 1681. George m, and had a family; but Joseph was 
the ancestor of the Concord families. The descendants of Joseph 
constituted the Lexington Merriams. The imperfect records render 
it impossible to trace this family with entire accuracy. 

The Merriams from this stock became numerous in several towns 
in Worcester county, and in other parts of the State. 

Joseph Merriam took the freeman's oath, March 14, 1638. He 
d. Jan. 1, 1641. We have found no mention of his wife's name, and 
no full record of his children . 



-, 1630 ; m. July 12, 1653, Sarah Stone. 
; m. Sarah and moved to Lynn. 



\ Joseph, b. 
William, b. 

\John, b. , 1639 ; m. Mary Cooper. 

Sarah, b. ; m. Oct. 14, 1658, William Hall. 



Joseph Merriam m. July 12, 1653, Sarah Stone, dau. of Dea. 
Gregory. He took the freeman's oath, May 22, 1651, and d. April 
20, 1677, aged 47. His tombstone is the oldest one in Concord. 
His wife survived him nearly thirty years, and d. Ap. 5, 1704, aged 71. 

Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1654; m. Samuel Fletcher. 

Lydia, b. Aug. 3, 1656 ; d. Dec. 29, 1690, unm. 

\Joseph, b. May 25, 1658; d. May 31, 1727, in Lexington. 

Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1660; m. Isaac Wood. 

^John, b. May 30, 1662 ; d. 1736. 

Mary, b. June 4, 1664; m. Isaac Stearns. 

\Rohert, b. Dec. 17, 1667 ; d. Feb. 11, 1717, in Lex. 

\ Thomas, b. 1672; m. Mary Haywood of Concord. 

Buth, b. ; m. Nathaniel Stone. 

David, b. ; d. 1744, at Townsend. 



John Merriam m. Oct. 21, 1663, Mary Cooper at Concord. He 
was made freeman, May 12, 1675. She d. March 5, 1731, aged 85 ; 
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John, b. Sept. 3, 1666. 

Anna, b. Sept. 7, 1669 ; m. Aug. 9, 1692, Daniel Brooks, 
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 10, 1672. 19 Joseph, b. Aug. 20, 1677. 

Samuel, b. July 25, 1681. 

Ebenezer, b. ; m. Nov. 8, 1711, Elizabeth Brooks. 

Sarah, b. ; m. Edward Wheeler. 



Joseph Merriam m. Charity . Like his brothers, he was 

early at Cambridge Farms, and was a subscriber to the first meeting 
house in 1692, and in the following year was assessed in the first tax 
bill of the precinct; and hence was a resident there at the time. He 
was not called so frequently to places of honor and trust, as some of 
his kinsmen, though he was elected to the dignified office of tything- 
man, which in that day was conferred upon none but the most respec- 
table citizens. He d. May 31, 1727. 

Ruth, bap. Nov. 6, 1698 ; d. April 20, 1749, unm. 
Joseph, bap. 1717; d. 1747. 



John Merriam m. 1688, Mary Wheeler of Con. What time he 
came to Camb. Farms, does not appear, but probably about the time 
of his marriage. His name is borne upon our earliest records, being 
a subscriber for the meeting house in 1692, He was one of the 
original members of the church in 1696, and was chosen deacon 
at that time. He became one of the most prominent men in the 
parish and in the town. He frequently represented the church in 
ecclesiastical councils. He was chosen an assessor in 1700 and 1711, 
under the parish organization ; and when the precinct was erected 
into a town, he was elected one of the selectmen, — an office to which 
he was often re-elected. He enjoyed, in a great degree, the confi- 
dence of his fellow citizens. He resided in the southwesterly part of 
the town. The record of his family is very imperfect; there being 
no account of any children from 1689 to 1701, though it is probable 
they had children during that period. He d. May 21, 1727 ; she d. 
Dec. 26, 1747, aged 75. 

Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1689. 

\Benjamin, bap. Jan. 1701 ; m. Mary . 

\jonas, bap. Jan. 12, 1704; m, Abigail Locke, Oct. 3, 1728. 

Ehenezer, bap. May 30, 1706 ; he moved to Oxford about 1729. 

Joshua, bap. Feb. 22, 1708. 

William, b. Sept. 1712; d. June 21, 1735. 

^Amos, bap. July 25, 1715 ; m. Nov. 9, 1738, Hannah Danforth. 



Robert Merriam m. Abigail r. He was a subscriber for the 

meeting house in Lex. in 1692 ; but probably was not a permanent 
resident, as he was not taxed in 1693 or 1696. In 1700, he was one 
of the assessors, and in 1711 was one of the subscribers for the pur- 
chase of the Common. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. in 1698. 
He d. Feb. 11, 1717, and she d. June 16, 1717. 

'(Joseph, b. May 3, 1697 ; m. Mary Bruce of Weston. 

Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1699. 

Hannah, b. April 16, 1701 ; m. John Bruce, Oct, 9, 1718. 

Robert, b. July 15, 1703; d. 1713. 

Jonathan, b. July 25, 1705 ; d. Feb. 20, 1738. 

Hezekiah, b. May 30, 1707. 

Sarah, bap. July 2, 1710; d. July 8, 1713. 

Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1712. 

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Thomas Merkiam m, Dec. 23, 1696, Mary Haywood of Concord. 
The record of his marriage speaks of him as of Cambridge ; but Lex. 
at that time was a part of Camb., and as he was one of the original 
members of the church formed in 1696, he was probably residing 
here at the time of his marriage. His wife was dismissed from Con. 
to the ch, in Lex. in 1698. Thomas Merriam and others were per- 
mitted to '* build a seat for their wives on the back side of the meet- 
ing house, from goodwife Reed's seat to the woman's stayers." He 
was a constable in 1716, and a selectman, 1718, '22, '25. He d. Aug. 
16, 1738, aged 66, and she d. Sept. 29, 1756, aged 81. The early 
Merriams all resided in the southwest part of the town. 

\Thomas, bap. April 21, 1700; m. Tabitha Stone. 

Lydia, bap. Aug. 1, 1703; m. Nathaniel Eaton, and r. in Reading. 

\Nathaniel, bap. Dec. 9, 1705 ; m. Esther Muzzy, dau. of Benjamin 

Muzzy. 
Simon, bap. Nov. 28, 1708; d. Feb. 8, 1747. 
David, bap. Sept. 2, 1711 ; d. Dec. 15, 1743, in Townsend. 
Isaac, bap. July 11, 1714; m. and had two children, one of whom d. 

1740. He d. Sept. 1741. 



Benjamin Merriam m. Mary . He d. Aug. 28, 1773, aged 

74, and she d. Jan. 18, 1763. He was one who marched to the re- 
lief of Fort William-Henry in 1757. 

Mary, b. April 4, 1733. 

Elizabeth, b. March 10, 1735; m. June 22, 1758, Jonas Brown of 

Waltham. 
\Benjamin, b. June 8, 1737 ; m. Feb. 28, 1762, Ginger Porter. 
Baron, b. Sept. 21, 1740; d. Jan. 3, 1741. 



Jonas Merriam m. Oct. 3, 1728, Abigail Locke, dau. of Dea. 
William of Wo. They were ad. to the ch. July 1, 1729. She d. 
Dec. 5, 1755, and he m. June 22, 1758,' Mrs. Sarah Winship. She d. 
March 15, 1773, and he d. July 23, 1776, aged 73. He filled several 
town offices, and was treasurer in 1747. 

John, b. July 28, 1729. 

\ William, bap. Dec. 17, 1732; m. Sarah . 

\Abraham, b. Dec. 23, 1734 ; m. Sarah Simonds. 

Silas, b. March 5, 1737. 55 James, b. April 10, 1739. 

Abigail, b. June 11, 1741. 

Eunice, b. June 29, 1743 ; d. before 1746. 

Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, 1745; d. Dec. 11, 1745. 



Amos Merriam m. Nov. 9, 1738, Hannah Danforth. 
to the ch. April 4, 1736. 

Amos, b. Aug. 24, 1739. 

Jonathan, ) , -mt in ahai S ^- J^"- 5, 1823, unm. 
TT t 7 / b. May 16, 1741 < , ' 

Hepzibah, ^ ■^ ( d. young. 

Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1744 ; m. James Townsend. 

Sarah, bap. April 20, 1746 ; m. William Lincoln. 

Lucy, bap. Sept. 4, 1748 ; m. William Whitcomb. 

Levi, b. Feb. 3, 1756 ; m. Abigail Fife. 

Abigail, b. March 31, 1758; m. Uriah Mores. 



He was ad. 



Joseph Merriam m. Aug. 9, 1718, Mary Bruce of Weston. He 
and his wife were ad. to the ch. Sept. 13, 1719. He was constable, 
1738, and tythingman, 1741. 



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Joseph, bap, July 13, 1718; d. April 22, 1725. 

Elizabeth, b. June 13, 1721. 69 Abigail, b. . 

Robert, b. 1725; d. June 11, 1729. 

Mary, bap. June 23, 1728. 

Beulah, b. Aug. 2, 1730; m. Aug. 7, 1757, John Chandler of Line, 

but afterwards of Lexington. 
Joseph, b. July 10, 1732. 74 RobeH, bap. June 11, 1738. 



Thomas Merriam m. Tabitha Stone. He was ad. to the eh. 
Aug. 2, 1721. She d. June 22, 1760; he d. June 4, 1752. 

\Samuel, b. Dec. 21, 1723 ; m. June 4, 1752, Anna Whitney. 

Nathan, b. April 7, 1725; m. March 26, 1755, Mary Hosmer. 

Mary, b. June 15, 1727 ; m. David Whitney of Waltham. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 7, 1729; d. Feb. 14, 1730. 

Thomas, b. Aug. 24, 1731 ; m. Sarah Wilder, 

Tabitha, b. May 10, 1733 ; m. Nathan Whitney of Waltham. They 
moved to Westminster, and had Nathan, b, 1765 ; David, b. 1767, 
d, March 25, 1867, aged 99 years, 7 months, and 9 days ; and John, 
b. 1769;. besides six other children, who d. young. 

Lydia, b. Oct. 28, 1734 ; m. March 27, 1755, Josiah Cutting of West- 
minster. 

Hepzibah, b. Feb. 24, 1737 ; d. Aug. 10, 1740. 

Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1738 ; m. Nov. 5, 1755, Moses Sawtell of Con. 

Eunice, b. June 30, 1740; d. April 27, 1741. 



Nathaniel Merriam m. Esther Muzzy, dau. of Benjamin and 
Patience Muzzy. 

Esther, b. Oct. 23, 1734; ra. Nov. 27, 1760, Samuel Jones. 
Nathaniel, b. April 16, 1737. 87 Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1739. 

Abigail, b. March 11, 1744; m. June 27, 1765, Bartholomew Rich- 
ardson of Woburn, 
Simon, b. Jan. 3, 1749. 90 Sarah, bap. Sept. 18, 1751. 



Benjamin Merriam, Jr., m. Feb. 28, 1762, Ginger Porter. He 
d. in Pelham, Feb. 1, 1806, aged 69 ; she d. March 7, 1817, aged 76. 

'[Riifus, b. Oct. 28, 1762 ; m. Jan. 12, 1785, Martha Simonds. 

Benjamin, b. March 23, 1764 ; d. March 22, 1817, aged 53, unm. 

Edith, b. Aug. 20, 1765 ; m. Feb. 5, 1787, Stephen Winship. 

Mary, b. July 5, 1767 ; m. Abiel Abbott of Lincoln. 

Anna, b. June 10, 1769 ; m. Oct. 26, 1797, Thomas S. Caldwell, 
who moved to Manchester, N. H. 

George, b. May 7, 1771. He went into business in Boston, after- 
wards went to Kentucky, from thence to Natchez, where he died. 

Rebecca, b. June 19, 1773 ; d. unm. March 10, 1835. 

Tryphena, b. Feb. 25, 1775 ; m. Brooks, and moved to Farm- 

ington, ]\Ie. 

Phila, b. April 23, 1777 ; d. Aug. 5, 1778. 

Nathan, b. Oct. 3, 1780. He went to Louisiana, where he was first 
made a sheriff, afterwards judge, then President of the Senate. 

William, b. . He was a trader in Cambridgeport. 



William Merriam m. Sarah 

William, b March 23, 1771. 
Jonas, b. Nov. 6, 1773. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1776. 



103 Jonathan, b. Aug. 25, 1772. 
105 Abel, b. March 13, 1775. 
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Abraham Merriam m. April 22, 1756, Sarah SImonds. They 
were ad. to the eh. May 6, 1757. They afterwards moved to Wo,, 
where their last three children were born. 



Abraham, bap. May 29, 1757. 
Silas, b. Feb. 2, 1762. 
Sarah, b. at Wo. Oct. 10, 1766. 
Jonas, b. at Wo. July 31, 1769. 
Abigail, b. at Wo, May 13, 1771. 



109 Ezra, b. June 15, 1760. 



Samuel Merriam m. June 4, 1752, Anna Whitney. They were 
ad. to the ch. April 11, 1756, and were dismissed, Sept. 6, 1772, to 
the ch. in Westminster, to which place they had removed. 



Anna, b. Oct. 10, 1753. 
Samuel, b. March 25, 1757. 
TabitJia, bap. Dec. 28, 1760. 
Jonathan, bap. Feb. 22, 1767. 



115 Eunice, b. June 22, 1755. 
117 Ruth, bap. Feb. 25, 1759. 
119 Nathan, bap. April 29, 1764. 



RuFUS Merriam m. Jan. 12, 1785, Martha Simonds, dau. of 
Joshua and Martha (Bowers) Simonds, who was b. Oct. 1, 1766. 
He d. May 7, 1847, and she d. May 8, 1849. He was the first post- 
master of Lex. He kept a public house for a long series of years. 

Martha, b. July 21, 1787 ; d. June 8, 1863, unm. 

Rufus, b. Sept. 11, 1789 ; he is living, in his 79th, year. 

John Parkhurst, b. July 4, 1791 ; d. June 25, 1863, unm. He was 

interested in the militia, and rose to the rank of colonel. 
Eliza, b. Feb. 23, 1793. 125 Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1798. 

Emilt/, b. Aug. 16, 1800. 
Julia Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1804; m. Aug. 22, 1827, Rev Caleb Stetson. 



MILLS. — Samuel Mills of Dedham, b. 1622, was made freeman 
1645. His son, William, was b. 1682, and his grandson, John, was 
b. 1715. Oliver, son of John, was b. 1742, and Oliver, Jr., was b. 
1780. He was the father of Oliver P. Mills, now residing in Lex. 
He was b. in Boston, Sept. 8, 1810, m. Anna A. Adams of Lex., 
dau. of Samuel. They have had four children : Emily Ida, b, Sept. 
28, 1846, d. Sept. 29, 1847 ; Arthur Perry, b. April 15, 1848 ; Carl- 
ton Wadsworth, b. April 1, 1853 ; Oracle Constance, b. Sept. 13, 1862. 



MITCHELL.- Patrick Mitchell was b. July 8, 1819, in the 
parish of Moor, county of Roscommon, Ireland. He was son of 
Daniel Mitchell. In 1834, Patrick, with his parents, came to this 
country and setted in Roxbury, where he remained till 1842, when 
he came to Lex. and established himself as a leather dresser. He m. 
May 6, 1845, Sarah A. Snow, dau. of Daniel and Rebecca (Abbott) 
Snow of Cavendish, Vt. They have had four children, Oliver, b. 
March 18, 1846; James Alpheus, b. Aug. 21, 1847, he was in the 
United States' service in the late rebellion ; Mary Rebecca, h. Jan. 
4, 1849, d. Sept. 16, 1856; Abbott Stanton, b. Nov. 21, 1860. 



THE MOORE FAMILY. 

There was a family by the name of Moore found on Lex. records 
about 1720. We have not ascertained the line of descent of this 
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Thomas Moore and his wife Mary appear before the church in 
1724, and had their first child bap. He d. July 19, 1767, aud she d. 
Nov. 8, 1782, aged 81. 

Mary, b. July 5, 1724. 3 Tliomas, b. Sept. 10. 172.5. 

Elizabeth, b."Sept. 15, 1727. b Abigail, b. April oO, 1729. 

Lydia, b. Jan. 18, 1731 ; ni. May 22, 17.5.3, John Parker, who com- 
manded the Lex. company in 1775. He d. Sept. 17, 1775, and 
she m. Nov. 5, 1778, Ephraim Pierce of Waltham. 

Charles, b. Aug. 14, 1733. 8 Eobert, b. Feb. 2G, 1736. 

Isaac, b. May 24, 1738. 



There are a few others of the name, but they are so far between 
that I can give no connected view of them. Benjamin Moore m. 
May 3, 17(58, Betsey Cutler, and had children, we believe, but 
neither the town or the parish records contain the names or birth. 



THE MORRELL FAMILY. 

Ambrose Morrell. was b. in France about 1780. He received 
his early education in a convent, and was probably designed for the 
church. He was conscripted into the French army, and served in 
Napoleon's second campaign in Italy. He was in the famous battle 
of Marengo. He afterwards went to Holland, and from thence came 
to America, about 1798. He took up his residence in Lex. and m. 
Jan. 7, 1805, Sarah Holbrook of Sherborne, aged 19. He d. April 
27, 1862. He was engaged in the fur dressing business. He was 
frequently appointed on important committees, represented the town 
two years in the legislature, and was a justice of the peace. 

Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1807 ; m. Abraham Millett, June 2, 1833, no issue. 
Clarissa, b. ISIarch 18, 1808 ; ra. Mav 19, 1835, Rev. Curtis Cutler. 
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 3, 1810 ; d. young. 
Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1814; m". July 19, 1836, Otis H. Dana. He 

has been a merchant in Boston. They have one child, Ellen B., 

b. May 1, 1838. 
Mary A., b. July 18, 1820; m. April, 1842, George Marsh. 



THE MULLIKEN FAMILY. 

Benjamin Mulliken came to this country from Glasgow, Scot- 
land, when he was a young man, and settled in Bradford. He was 
twice married. By his second wife he had Nathaniel, Samuel, and 
Mary. Nathaniel was b. 1722. He was a clock maker by trade ; 
and according to the custom of that day, carried his clocks round 
for a market. In the pursuit of hjs calling he visited Lex., and 
set up one of his time pieces at Dea. John Stone's. It would seem 
that the family were well pleased with the beating of the clock ; 
and the heart of their youngest daughter beat so in unison with that 
of the maker, that she was willing to leave the time-piece in her 
father's house, and place herself in a situation where she should 
know more of the clocks and their maker. 



Nathaniel Mulliken m. June 6, 1751, Lydia Stone, dau. of 

John and Mary (Reed) Stone. He probably came to Lex. to reside 

about the time of his marriage ; for his name appears upon the tax 

bill of 1752. She was ad. to the ch. Aug. 2, 1752. He was chosen 

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tythingman in 1754, — a position showing that he was a man of sobriety 
of character. He d. Nov. 23, 1767, aged 45, and, after remaining 
a wid. about ten years, she m. Nov. 18, 1777, Jonathan Harrington, 
as his second wife. She d. Nov. 13, 1783. While she remained a 
wid., she was rendered houseless by having her dwelling burned by 
the British on the 19th of April, 1775. She lost on that occasion, in 
buildings and other property, £431. Her residence was near the 
late residence of Dea. Nathaniel Mulliken on Main street. 

Nathaniel, b. March 30, 1752 ; d. unm. Feb. 6, 1776, aged 24 years. 

He was a member of Capt. Parker's company. 
Lydia, b. July 11, 1753; m, Joseph Burrell of Haverhill. 
Wohn, b, Dec. 23, 1754; m. Lydia Whiting. 
Samuel, b. July 4, 1756 ; d. 1807, unm., in South Carolina. 
Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1757 ; m. Jan. 2, 1781, Abijah Sanderson of Salem. 
Rebecca, b. Dec. 10, 1762 ; ra. July 27, 1784, Levi Harrington. 
Joseph, b. April 9, 1765 ; d. at Concord, where he resided, Feb. 4, 

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John Mulliken ra. Lydia Whiting, dau. of Thomas Whiting of 
Con. They were ad. to the ch. April 22, 1787, He d. March 9, 
1840, aged 85 ; she d. Nov. 15, 1825, aged 68. He filled the office 
of selectman nineteen years, town clerk twelve years, treasurer eight 
years, and was a magistrate. 

\ Nathaniel, b. May 17, 1781 ; was twice married. 

\John, b. April 26, 1783 ; m. Susanna Reed. 

Lucy, b. March 30, 1785 ; d. July 6, 1805, aged 20. 

Lydia, b. Aug. 6, 1787 ; d. Oct. 14, 1811, aged 24. 

\Isaac, b. June 1, 1789 ; m. Mary Nelson. 

Samuel, b. April 20, 1791 ; grad. H. C. 1819, studied medicine, and 

established himself at Dorchester. He m. Mary L. Payson, and 

d. Feb. 19, 1843. 
Faustina, b. April 20, 1793 ; d. April 25, 1815, aged 22. 



Nathanikl Mulliken m. May 22, 1806, Mary Chandler, dau. of 
Nathan and Ruth (Tidd) Chandler. She d. Oct. 27, 1817, aged 34, 
and he m. May 6, 1819, Lydia Sanderson of Salem. He d. June 28", 
1865, aged 84 years. He was a deacon in the first church, and filled 
the most important offices in the town. He was selectman, assessor, 
town clerk, and treasurer, — and the last-named office he filled fifteen 
or sixteen years, and the former offices from five to nine years. He 
was also a justice of the peace. 

Lucy, b. Aug. 26, 1806 ; m. Nov. 1, 1838, Joseph F. Daland of Wo. 

John William, b. Sept. 12, 1809. The town record has this entry 
connected with the record of his birth: "This child at his birth 
had four great-grandparents and four grandparents, all living in 
Lex., also bears the Christian name of two great-grandparents, 
one grandparent, and two uncles." He m. Sarah Jane Hunt of 
Camb. He moved to Charlestown, where he d. Sept. 19, 1854. 

Mary, b. May 17, 1811 ; m. Dec. 26, 1831, Luther Farnsworth, and 
had Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1832; Rebecca S., b. Oct. 30, 1833; and 
Emily M., b. Aug. 9, 1835, who d. May 11, 1863. Mr. Farns- 
worth d. Dec. 16, 1863, and his wife d. Nov. 8, 1861. 

Nathaniel, b. May 2, 1813 ; m. Nov. 15, 1836, Sarah Holt of Camb., 
where they resided for a time. He is now in Minnesota. 

Nathan Chandler, b. Feb. 19, 1815; m. Sept. 10, 1839, Faustina 
Roberts of Salem. They i-eside in Charlestown, where he is en- 
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Eliza, b. Jan. 31, 1820; m. 1845, Edwin Pierce. They have two 
chil., Eliza J., b. June 29, 1846 ; Edwin W., b. Dec. 16. 1849. 

Ephraim, b. March 24, 1822; m. 1849, Mary Ann Horton of 
Canton; they r. in Roxbury. 

\Emevy Abbott, b. March 21, 1823; m. Avis M. Wellington. 

Elijah S., b. June 30, 1824 ; m. Sept. 4, 1854, Helen S. Munyaa of 
Hopedale, Milford ; r. in Rhode Island. 

Joseph W., b. June 14, 1825; d. Feb. 5, 1829. 

Lydia W., b. Aug. 3, 1827 ; m. May 30, 1849, George F. H. Horton. 

Augusta W., b. Aug. 18, 1829. 



John Mulliken m. Nov. 30, 1813, Susanna Reed of Con. They 
were ad. to the ch. July 3, 1814. He d. Aug. 5, 1855, aged 72, and 
she d. Aug. 21, 1863. He filled the office of selectman, town clerk, 
and representative to the General Court. 

Susan, b. Sept. 19, 1814; m. May 7, 1835, Joseph F. Simonds. 

Charles, b. Oct. 8, 1816; d. Dec. 8, 1821. 

Lydia, b. Jan. 3, 1819; m. Sept. 20, 1861, Levi Bacon of Lowell,, 

He was lost on board the Golden Gate, near California, 1862. 
'^ George, b. March 15, 1821 ; m. April 23, 1847, Charlotte Munroe. 
Elizabeth R., b. Nov. 5, 1823; d. Aug. 18, 1825. 
John, b. April 26, 1826; is in business in Boston. 



Isaac Mulliken m. Dec. 7, 1815, Mary Nelson, dau. of Josiah 
and Millicent (Bond) Nelson of Line. He d. March 17, 1859, aged 
69 ; she d. Dec. 8, 1861. He represented the town in the legislature 
three years, and filled important town offices. 

Faustina, b. April 17, 1817 ; m. May 17, 1854, William "W. Clement. 

Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1819 ; d. Nov. 6, 1820. 

'[Henry, b. Aug. 16, 1821 ; m. Adeline M. Locke. 

Edward, b. Nov. 25, 1823 ; m. Nov. 7, 1850, Harriet Smith of Stow. 

Mary Caroline, b. Jan. 8, 1826 ; m. Feb. 2, 1848, Wm. W. Clement. 

Elizabeth, h.iidin. 16, 1828; m. May 18, 1848, Hollis Gerry, and 

lives in Chelsea. 
Joseph, b. May 24, 1831 ; d. April 28, 1860. 
Helen 8., b. May 16, 1833 ; m. July 5, 1854, Elbridge G. Locke ; r. 

in New York. 



Emery Abbott Mulliken m. Oct. 17, 1850, Avis M. Wellington, 
dau. of Nehemiah and Anna (Stearns) Wellington. 

Ann Eliza, b. Nov. 9, 1851. 44 John E. A., b. Sept. 8, 1856. 

Amelia M., b. Sept. 15, 1858. 

Alice W., b. Oct. 1862; d. Jan. 23, 1863. 



George Mulliken m. April 23, 1847, Charlotte Munroe, dau. of 
John and Charlotte Munroe. He resides in Somerville. His wife 
d. Dec. 8, 1861, and he m. again. 

Charlotte M., b. April 27, 1848 ; d. July 4, 1855. 

George Francis, b. Oct. 6, 1851 ; d. Sept. 24, 1854. 

Charles Henry, b. Oct. 28. 1853. 50 Clarence M.,h. Oct. 13, 1855. 

Harriet M., b. Feb. 6, 1858; d. 1866. 



Henry Mulliken m. July 13, 1853, Adeline Matilda Locke, dau. 
of Hammond and Rebecca (Nevers) Locke, b. June 14, 1826. 

William Henry, b. June 30, 1854. 52 Everett M., b. Mar. 26, 1857. 



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THE MUNROE FAMILY. 

The Munroes, who acted a conspicuous part on the 19th of April, 
1775, and were among the first settlers in Lexington, and who have 
from time to time filled some of the principal offices in the town, were 
of Scotch descent ; though it is said that they came to Scotland from 
Ireland at a remote period. Dr. Doildridge, in his Life of Col. 
Gardner, has given an interesting account of the ancient family of 
Munroes, (of whom the Lexington Munroes were descendants,) from 
which account this notice is mostly taken. 

The family of Munroes of Fowlis is among the most ancient and 
honorable families in the north of Scotland, and has generally been 
remarkable for a brave, martial, and patriotic spirit. They have 
intermarried with many of the best families and nobility in the North 
of Scotland; and, what is more to their honor, they were among the 
very first in those parts, who embraced the Reformation, which they 
zealously supported. 

According to Buchanan, it was in the beginning of the eleventh 
century, and about the time of the conquest of England, when Mal- 
colm, the second of that name. King of Scots, first distributed, or as 
it was expressed, yewJ-ecZ out, or fee-ed, the lands in Scotland to the 
principal families, on account of their eminent services in his battles 
with the Danes. According to tradition, it was on that occasion that 
the country between the Borough of Dingwall and the waters of 
Alness in the shire of Ross, was given to Donald Munroe. A part 
of these lands were afterwards by the King erected into a Barony, 
called the Barony of Fowlis. Some of the Munroes were lords of 
this barony from its first erection ; but we shall commence with them 
about the time they became Protestants. 

George Munroe, IX Baron of Fowlis in a direct line from the 
above-mentioned Donald, the first Baron, was slain at the memorable 
battle of Bannockburn, fought by Robert Bruce of Scotland against 
Edward II, of England, in 1314. And George, X Baron of Fowlis, 
son of the former, was also slain, with a great many other of his 
name, at the battle of Ilollydon liill, near Berwick, where the Scots 
were defeated, July 22, 1333. Robert Munroe, XVII Baron of 
Fowlis, was slain at the battle of Pinkie, near Edinburgh, with many 
of his name, when the Scots were again defeated, in 1547. The first 
Protestant of this family was Robert Munroe, XVIII Baron of Fow- 
lis, son of the last-mentioned, who came to the assistance of Mary, 
Queen of Scots, when she was involved in trouble at Inverness. He 
d. in 1588, and was succeeded by his son, Robert, XIX Baron of 
Fowlis, who d. the same year with his father. The next Baron was 
his brother Hector Munroe, who d. 1603. 

Robert Munroe, son of Hector, was the XXI Baron. He flour- 
ished at the time that Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was engaged 
in a Protestant war with F^erdinand II, in defence of the civil and 
religious liberties of Germany. The Baron, moved with pity and 
patriotism, joined Adolphus, with a great many of his clan of the 
same name, where they gained great distinction as soldiers. Robert 
became so eminent, that he was made colonel of two regiments, one 
of foot and the other of horse, at the same time. He d. of a wound 
received in crossing the Danube, in 1633. He was succeeded by Sir 
Henry Munroe, XXII Baron of Fowlis, the next male heir of the 
family, who was also a colonel in the same service, and upon crossing 
over into Britain, he was created a Baronet, in 1633. Hed. at Ham- 
burg two years after. His son, Sir Hector Munroe, was the XXIII 
Baron of Fowlis, and d. without issue 1651 . Sir Robert Munroe, 
XXIV Baron of Fowlis, being the next of kin, succeeded hira. 



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Up to this time there were three generals, eight colonels, five lieut.- 
colonels, eleven majors, and above thirty captains of the name of 
Munroe, besides a great number of subalterns, — all of the same 
original stock ; the descendants of Donald Munroe. Some of the 
family were for a long period in considerable military command in 
Sweden and many parts of Germany, and even in India. 

General Robert Munroe, uncle to Sir Robert, the XXIV Baron, 
was in IG-Il, appointed by Charles II, major-general of the Scotch 
forces that were sent to Ireland to suppress the rebellion there. In 
1644, at the head of 14,000 of the Scotch and English Protestants, 
lie fought and defeated 22,000 of the Irish in Ulster. In 1645, 
he was surprised and taken prisoner by Col. Monk, and d. sooa 
after. The general was succeeded in command by his nephew, 
Sir George Munroe, who had served under him in Ireland. He was 
made major-general by Charles II, and had a body of troops under 
him at Kendall, when James, Duke of Hamilton, was defeated by 
Cromwell at Lancaster in 1648. Upon this defeat. Sir George re- 
turned to Scotland, and defeated the Earl of Argyle. He afterwards 
went to Holland and joined his master, Charles II, at whose restora- 
tion he was made lieut. -general, and commander-in-chief in Scotland. 

Sir John Munroe, XXV Baron of Fowlis, succeeded Ins father. 
Sir Robert, in 1668. He was a member of the Estates of Scotland 
at the Revolution, and a zealous promoter of that happy event. He 
was also a zealous Presbyterian, and being remarkable for size and 
corpulency, he was nick-named "the Presbyterian 7no?'<ar jx'ece." 
He suffered both by tines and imprisonment for his devotion to the 
cause of religion, and d. 1696. Sir Robert Munroe, who succeeded 
his father in the barony as the XXVI of the fanaily, was a pious 
and benevolent man, much beloved by the people. His son, Sir 
Robert, the XXVII Baron, succeeded him in 1729. He went 
early from the university to the camp, where he served seven years 
in Flanders, being for some time captain of the Royal Scots. On 
his return to England he was elected to Parliament, where he con- 
tinued thirty years. He was greatly distinguished, like others of 
the family, for his military services. In 1715, he with his clan, in 
conjunction with the Earl of Sunderland, kept the Earl of Seaforth 
with a much larger force from joining the Rebel camp for near two 
months. Being made Governor of Inverness, Sir Robert kept four 
hundred men of his clan and name regularly paid and disciplined, 
and so rendered important service to his country. 

He afterwards greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Fonte- 
noy. He had obtained leave of His Royal Highness the Duke of 
Cumberland, to adopt his own mode of warfare, and employ his own 
regiment where and how he pleased. He was early in the field, and 
at every point of danger; and wherever the Munroe regiment moved, 
victory followed its banner. He would march near the enemy, and 
when the French were about to fire, he would order his men to throw 
themselves upon the ground, and receive their fire ; and as soon as 
they drew the enemy's fire, he would order them to spring up and 
rush upon the foe, reserving their own fire till they had nearly closed 
with them, so that every shot would tell with dreadful effect. These 
attacks were repeated with the most marked success several times 
during the day, to the admiration of the whole army. It was observ- 
able that when he commanded his whole regiment to drop to the 
ground, he himself stood upright, exposed to the whole fire of the 
enemy. On being questioned afterwards, why he did this, he replied 
that though he could throw himself down as readily as younger and 
leaner men, his great bulk and corpulency would not suffer him to 
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commander would not allow himself to be behind his men in such an 
emergency. 

For bis distinguished services at Fontenoy his Majesty was pleased 
to appoint him to succeed Gen. Ponsonby, who was slain that day 
in command of his troops. They were afterwards ordered to Scot- 
land, and in the battle of Falkirk, being on one of the wings with his 
new regiment, they shamefully left their brave commander with five 
or six of his officers, to be cut to pieces by the enemy. According 
to the account of the rebels themselves. Sir Robert defended himself 
against six of them, and killed two of their number, but a seventh 
coming up, shot him through the body. At this flital moment his 
brother, Doctor Munooe, who was near at hand, rushed to the rescue, 
and was slain near his brother. Doctor Munroe was not only a man 
of great bravery, but was highly distinguished in his profession, and 
much respected as a man. Scarcely less distinguished was another 
brother, Capt. George Munroe. He enjoyed the advantages of a 
liberal education, but turned his attention mainly to the profession 
of arms. He was in many engagements, in which he displayed great 
gallantry, and in one was severely wounded. He however recovered, 
and afterwards fell by the hands of a cowardly assassin. 

"Thus," said the correspondent of Dr. Doddridge, " died these 
three worthy men, to the irreparable loss of their country; all of 
them remarkable for a brave spirit, full of love to their native land, 
and of distinguished zeal foi* religion and liberty ; faithful in their 
promises, steadfast in their friendship, abundant in their charity to 
the poor and distressed; moderate in their resentments, and easy to 
be reconciled ; and especially remarkable for their great and entire 
love to each other, so that one soul seemed, as it were, to actuate all 
the three." 

Though we have brought this sketch down to 1746, we must go 
back about a century, to trace the history of the Munroes who came 
to America. The date of their emigration to this country is uncer- 
tain. Their history here, like that of many of the early settlers in 
this country, is handed down to us by tradition, and not by full and 
reliable records. As near as we can learn, they came to America 
about 1650. Being a young man without a family, and destitute of 
property, the name of the first emigramt, William Munroe, does 
not appear upon the public records till some time afterwards. 

It is highly probable that the Munroes who settled in New Eng- 
land were prisoners of war taken by Cromwell, and sold as slaves or 
apprentices, as the term was. The custom was this : these prisoners 
were sold in England to shippers for a small sum, who sent them to 
this country, where they were sold into service of from three to ten 
years, to pay the first purchase, the cost of the passage, and such 
profits as the dealers in flesh and blood might be able to make. The 
Munroes were probably some of those who were taken at the battle of 
Worcester, where Cromwell was victorious. In 1651, a cargo of pris- 
oners was consigned to Thomas Kemble of Boston. The list of 
prisoners contains the names of four Munrows, as the name was there 
spelled, viz., Robert, John, Hugh, and another whose first name is 
obliterated. This is supposed to be William, the ancestor of the 
Lex. Munroes. One of this number settled at Bristol, then in this 
btate, but now in Rhode Island. The Munroes of Bristol were rela- 
tives of those of Lex., but how near it is impossible to say with 
certainty. 

There is a tradition in the family that William Munroe was sold or 
bound out to a farmer by the name of Winship, who resided in that 
part of Cambridge called Menotomy (now Arlington), and that when 
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back into the woods, and procured a tract of land within the present 
limits of Lex., on a section now known by the name of Scotland, in 
honor of the native place of the first settler. 

The name on the Lex. records in the first instances was spelt 
Munro or Munroe ; but in a few years the first syllable was dropped, 
and many of the family spelled their name Roe. In fact, for a time 
Roe and Munroe seem to have been used interchangal)ly. so that we 
find such entries as this : " bap. Mary Roe, daughter of William Mun- 
roe.'''' Ultimately a better fashion prevailed, and the present orthog- 
raphy was adopted. 

The record of the Munroes is extremely defective ; the early set- 
tlers of that name being less given to letters than to arms. 

William Munroe, the ancestor of all the Munroes of Lex. and 
this vicinity, was born in Scotland in 1G25, and descended from the 
Munroe clan in Scotland, of which we have already spoken. He 
came to America in 1652, and consequently was at that time twenty- 
seven years of age. The first mention of him which I find in the 
Cambridge records is in 1657, when " Thomas Rose and William 
Row " were fined for not having rings in the nose of their swine. 
If he was sold as an apprentice when he was first brought over, his 
apprenticeship must have been rather a short one for those days, for 
he must have been his own man in 1657. He settled at Cambridge 
Farms about 1660, in the northeasterly part of the town, bordering 
on Woburn. His house was near the Wo. line, on what is now Wo- 
burn street, not far from the present residence of Hugh Graham. 

Several of his sons lived with or not far from him at first; and it 
was said by Mrs. Sanderson, his, great-granddaughter, who d. 1853, 
aged 104 years, that his old house looked like a rope-walk, so many 
additions had been made to it to accommodate his sons, as they 
settled in life. By adopting the custom of the Scottish clans, he in a 
manner confined the Munroes together, and made them for some 
time, as it were, a distinct people. A considerable portion of their 
original possessions still remain in the Munroe family. 

Though he came to the country under unfavorable circumstances, 
and set up for himself rather late in life, he appears to have been 
quite successful in his worldly affairs, and to have been blessed with 
a large, prosperous family. He was made freeman in 1690. He 
was in the parish at its first organization, and was one of the com- 
mittee to purchase a tract of land for the support of the ministry, 
with David Fiske, sen., Samuel Stone, sen., Ephraim Winship, Ben- 
jamin Muzzy, and John Tidd. In the subscription for building the 
meeting house, William Munroe's name is found, and his subscrip- 
tion of £2 shows that in public spirit and in pecuniary means he was 
among the first seven in the parish, and the subsequent tax bills, 
from 1693 to 1696, show that in point of taxable property he stood 
among the first half dozen men in the parish; thus showing conclu- 
sively that he was a man of enterprise and force of character. In 
1694, he was one of the selectmen of Cambridge, of which Lex. was 
then a part ; and subsequently his name appears in connection with 
several other important offices in the parish. He was ad. to the ch. 
in Le.x. Feb. 1, 1699. He was three times married, though I have 
not been able to find the record of the marriages, or learn the family 
name of his first two wives. He was jjrobabl}'^ forty years old when 
he married, and still he reared a family of thirteen children. He ni. 

about 1665, Martha , by whom he had four children, and second, 

m. Mary , about 1672, by whom he had nine children. His sec- 
ond wife, Mary, d. Aug. 1692, aged 41, consequently she must have 
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Elizabeth Wyer, wid. of Edward Wyer of Charlestown. She d. Dec. 
14, 1715, aged 79, and he d. Jan. 27, 1717, at the advanced age of 
ninety-two. Though he married his last wife when he was well 
stricken in years, he must have married for love and not for money, 
for in the papers connected with the settlement of his estate, we find 
an inventory of the property which belonged to her, consisting of one 
bed, one bolster, one pillow, one chest, one wai'ming pan, one pair 
of tongs, and one ])ewter platter. 

His will, dated Nov. 14, 1716, mentions sons John, William, 
George, Daniel, Joseph, and Benjamin, and dau. Eleanor Burgess, 
to whom he gave the sole use of his house, Martha Comee, Hannah 
Pierce, Elizabeth Riigg, and Mary Fassett. 

\Jolin, b. March 10, 1606 ; m. Hannah . 

Martha, b. Nov. 2, 1607; m. Jan. 21, 1688, John Comee of Con. 

He came to Lex., where he lived and reared a family of children. 

She d. April 13, 1729, aged 62. 
\WilUam, b. Oct. 10, 1669; m. Mary Cutler. 

\ George, b. ; m. Sarah . 

jDaniel, b. Aug. 12, 1673; m. Dority . 

Hannah, b. ; m. Dec. 21, 1692, Joseph Pierce, whose first 

wife was Ruth Holland, and whose third wife was Beriah, wid. of 

Daniel Child; by Hannah he had eight children. 
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Thomas Rugg, by whom she had eleven 

children born between 1691 and 1714. 
Mary. b. June 24, 1678; m. about 1700, Joseph Fassett. They 

lived on what is called the Page Place, now in Bedford, but then 

in Lexington. 
David, b. Oct. 6, 1680; not mentioned in his father's will. 
Eleanor, b. Feb. 24, 1683; m. Aug. 21, 1707, William Burgess of 

Charlestown. She had four children, whose births are recorded in 

Lexington. 
Sarah, b. March 18, 1685; m. George Blanchard, about 1707. 

\Joseph, b. Aug. 16, 1687; m. Elizabeth . 

\Benjamin, b. Aug. 16, 1690; was twice married. 



John Munroe m. Hannah . He was ad. to the ch. Feb. 1, 

1699, togetlier with his father, and sisters Martha Comee, Elizabeth 
Rugg, and Hannah Pierce. He was a subscriber for the meeting 
house in 1692, and was taxed for the purchase of the ministerial land 
in 1693. He was one of the assessors in 1699, 1714, and 1720; was 
constable in 1700, selectman in 1718. '19, and '26, and treasurer 
1718, '19, and '20. Pie d Sept. 14, 1753, aged 87 ; she-d. April 14, 
1716, aged 42. He was employed many years to ring the bell and to 
sweep out the meeting house, which shows that he did not consider 
it derogatory to perform any honest labor. He also illustrated the 
truth of the old ballad, that " there are sweepers in high life as well 
as in low"; for in addition to sweeping the meeting house, he filled 
most of the important offices in the town. 

In consequence of the number of the Munroes, and the repetition 
of the names William and John and Oeorge and Mary and Sarah and 
Hannah, we find it very difficult in some cases to trace the families. 
This difficulty was felt by themselves and their contemporaries, and 
c'onsequently, when speaking of the individuals, they had recourse 
to certain other designations. A specimen of this is embodied in 
the following not very elegant couplet, preserved by one of the 
descendants. 

" LiPutenant Johrr and Ensign Roe, 
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It will be seen by these titles that the family, true to their instincts, 
were given to the military, and that John was honored with the 
ofEce of Lieutenant. We also learn that John Munroe and others had 
nine hundred acres of land granted to them in 1735, for services 
rendered in the Indian fight at Lamprey River, June 6, 1690. 

John, bap. 1699 ; probably m. Rachel . 

Hannah, bap. 1699; d. April 14, 1716. 

Constance, bap. 1699. 

Jonathan, bap. March 12, 1699; d. Aug. 20, 1724. 

\William., bap. Feb. 1, 1701 ; was twice married. 

Elizabeth, bap. March 5, 1703. 

Susannah, bap. July 1, 1705; m. June 16, 1724, Ebenezer Nichols. 

\Jonas, bap. Nov. 22, 1707 ; he was twice married. 

Martha, b. Dec. 6, 1710. 

\Marrett, b. Dec. 6, 1713; m. April 17, 1737, Deliverance Parker. 



William Munroe m. Mary Cutler, dau. of Thomas. She d, 
June 26, 1713, aged 33, and he m. Johanna Russell, dau. of Philip 
and Johanna Russell, about 1716. He d. Jan. 2, 1759, aged 91, and 
she d. Sept. 17, 1748. He had seven children by his first wife, and 
two by his last. He was an ensign in the colonial militia, and hence 
was denominated " Ensign Roe." He was ad. to the ch. April 9, 
1699, and his wife Mary was ad. April 30 of the same year, and his 
wife Johanna was ad. Dec. 24, 1727. He was constable, 1708, 
assessor, 1713, and selectman, 1724, '30, '34, and '35. 

Mary, b. April 3, 1699. 26 Abigail, b. June 28, 1701. 

\ William, b. Dec. 19, 1703; m. June 3, 1733, Sarah Mason. 

'[Thomas, b. March 19, 1706; m. Elizabeth . 

\David, b. Sept. 28, 1708; m. Abigail Wellington. 

Ruth, b. March 16, 1711. 31 Hannah, b. March 19, 1713, 

\Philip, b. Feb. 26, 1718; m. Mary , 

Johanna, b. Oct 21, 1726; d. Jan. 23, 1749, unm. 



George Munroe m. Sarah . He was generally designated 

*' Sergeant George." He was a tythingman, 1719, and selectman, 
1728. He d. Jan. 17, 1749, aged 73, and she d. Dec. 4, 1752, 
aged 75. 

\William, b. Jan. 6, 1700; m. May 6, 1735, Rebecca Locke of Wo. 

Sarah, b. Oct. 17, 1701. 

Dorothy, b. Nov. 19, 1703 ; d. April following, 

Lydia, b. Dec. 13, 1705. 

\George, b. Oct. 17, 1707; ra. Sarah Phipps. 

\Robert, b. May 4, 1712; m. July 28, 1737, Anne Stone. 

\Samuel, b. Oct. 23, 1714; the record adds, " He was the first bap. 

in the new meeting house." 
\A7idrew, bap. June 4, 1718; m. May 26, 1763, Mrs. Lucy Simonda, 
Lucy, b. Aug. 20, 1720 ; m. Watson of Camb. 



Daniel Munroe m. Dority . He was ad. to the ch. Feb. 

18, 1728, and d. Feb. 26, 1734, aged 61. His widow administered 
upon his estate, 

Daniel, b. June 27, 1717. 

\Jedediah, b. May 20, 1721 ; m. Abigail Loring. 

Sarah, b. June 21, 1724. 46 Dorothy, b. June 21, 1728. 

\John, b. May 30, 1731 ; m. Anna Kendall of Woburn. 

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nomen of" Corporal Joe." 



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\Josepli, b. Mav 13, 1713; m. Hannah . 

Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1715. 

Nathan, b. Sept. 7, 1716; m. Nov. 23, 1738, Mercy Benjamin. He 
moved to Con., where he had a family of seven children. Several 
of his sons settled in Northboro', Shrewsbury, Worcester, and 
Spencer in Worcester County. 

Joshua, b. Dec. 22, 1717 ; m. Ruth , resided in Concord. 

Nathaniel, b. Nov. 17, 1719. He embarked in 1740 in the expedi- 
tion to Cuba, and d. before his return. 

Amos, b. April 21, 1721 ; d. July 7, 1765. 

Abigail, b. Jan. 21, 1723. 55 Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1726. 

Eleanor, b, June 13, 1727. 57 Kezia, b. Oct. 16, 1731. 

Hannah, b. Nov. 29, 1733; m. July 26, 1760, Gershom Williams. 
He d. at West Camb., at the remarkable age of 100 years. 



Benjamin Munroe m. Abigail . She d. and he m. 1748, 

Mrs. Prudence (Harrington) Estabrook, wid. of John Estabrook of 
Lex. She d. 1778. He resided in Line, and d. April 6, 1765. His 
will, dated April 1, and proved April 22, 1766, mentions wife Pru- 
dence and dau. Rebecca Sawin, Abigail Brown, Sarah Cutler, Mar- 
tha Stone, Mary Parker, Anna Matthis, Eunice Wheeler, and children 
of Lydia Williams, deceased, and son Benjamin. 

Lydia, b. March 7, 1718 ; jn. Oct. 19, 1740, Joseph Williams, Camb. 

Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1719 ; m. Feb. 7, 1745, Joseph Brown of Weston, 

A child, b. ; d. Nov. 9, 1721. 

Benjamin, h. June 21, 1723 ; m. Mary Merriam of Lex. ; lived in 
Lincoln. 

Rebecca, b. Aug. 24, 1725 ; m. Manning Sawin of Marlb., May, 1746. 

Sarah, b. July 26, 1727 ; m. May 12, 1750, Josiah Parks of Lincoln. 
He d. and she m. Dec. 22, 1753, Elisha Cutler of Lexington. 

Martha, b. March 18, 1729; m. Sept. 8, 1748, Isaac Stone of Lex. 

Mary, twin of the above; m. Josiah Parker, Jr. 

Anne, b. March 4, 1732; m. Matthis. 

Eunice, b. Apr. 9, 1734; m. June 26, 1756, Edmund Wheeler, Line. 

Kezia, b. April 22, 1736 ; not mentioned in her father's will, prob- 
ably died before that period. 



William Munroe m. Phebe . She d. Jan. 15, 1742, and 

he m. May 29, 1745, Mrs. Tabitha (Hobbs) Jones of Weston. He 
had six children by his first wife, and four by his last. He is fre- 
quently denominated the black-smith, to distinguish him from others 
of the same name, one of whom was denominated the shoemaker, for 
the same reason. His will, dated March 25, 1777, and proved June 
4, 1783, mentions wife Tabitha, dau. Phebe Caldwell, Dorcas Par- 
ker, Bridget Maxwell, Sarah Barker, Lucy Hobbs, and Susanna, and 
son Oliver. 

Phebe, b. April 28, 1726; m. Adam Caldwell of Bedford. 
Jonathan, b. April 1, 1729 ; d. June 17, 1739. _ 
\William, b. May 12, 1730 ; not mentioned in his father's will. 
Edmund, b. May 3, 1732 ; d. April 4, 1735. 

Bridget, b. April 27, 1735 ; m. Nov. 4, 1760, Hugh Maxwell, then 
both of Bedford. 

Susanna, b. ; m. April 27, 1780, Isaac Reed of Woburn. 

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Oliver, b. Feb. 9, 1748 ; m. and lived in Wat., where he d. 
Dorcas, b. Nov. 14, 1750; m. Dec. 2, 1772, Ebenezer Parker. 
Luct/, b. Sept. 19, 1752 ; m. Nov. 24, 1774, Samuel Ilobbs of Weston. 



Jonas Munroe m. June 3, 1734, Joanna Locke, dau. of Joseph 
and Margaret (Mead) Locke, b. Feb. 2, 1713. She d. Sept. 17, 
1748, aged 35, and he m. about 1750, Rebecca Watts of Chelsea. 
He d. Nov. 9, 1705, and his wid. m. April 19, 1773, John Muzzy of 
Lex., grandson of the first settler, and his second wife. Jonas Mun- 
roe was honored with the title of Lieutenant. 

Jonas, h. Nov. 2, 1734 ; d. June 3, 1760. He was in the French war. 
\JoJi7i, b. Feb. 1, 1737 ; m. April 13, 1762, Lydia Bemis of Weston. 
\Stephen, b. Oct. 25. 1739; m. July 8. 1766, Nancy Perry of Wo. 
Jonathan, b. May 25, 1742 ; m. Abigail Kendall of Woburn. 
Joanna, b. April 12, 1747 ; m. July 9, 1771, John Adams. 
\Eheneker, b. April 29, 1752; m. May 10, 1781, Lucy Simonds, Wo. 
Rebecca, b. June 17, 1755 ; m. May 22, 1777, John Muzzy, Jr. 
Martha, b. Sept, 12, 1758 ; d. at Ashburnham, 1793, unra. 



Marrett Munroe m. April 17, 1737, Deliverance Parker, dau. 
of Lieut. Josiah Parker, b. May 18, 1721. He d. March 26, 1798, 
aged 85, and she d. Aug. 9, 1799, aged 78. His will, dated Feb. 18, 
1789, and proved May 1, 1798, mentions wife Deliverance, sons 
Josiah, Nathan, and Thaddeus, and dau. Rachel, Mary Underwood, 
Bethia, Deliverance Winship, Elizabeth Buckman, and a child of dau. 
Ann Nurse, deceased. He was selectman, 1762, '63, '64, and '67. 
He resided near the Common, on the place now occupied by Mr. 
John Hudson. 

Rachel, b. Nov. 29, 1737 ; d. unm. in Boston, where she lived. 

Josiah, b. June 29, 1742 ; d. June 12, 1743. 

\Josiah, b. Feb. 12, 1745; m. Nov. 15, 1768, Susan Fitch of Bed. 

\Nathan, b. Aug. 9, 1747 ; m. Oct. 3, 1769, Elizabeth Harrington. 

Mary, b. March 3, 1749; m. March 21, 1771, Joseph Underwood. 

Bethia, b. Ja,n. 22, 1753, lived at Bellows Falls; d. unm., aged 93. 

Deliverance, b. July 22, 1755 ; m. .John Winship. 

Anna, b. June 23, 1758; m. Josiah Nurse of Framingham. 

Thaddeus, b. Oct. 26, 1760; traded in South Carolina, where he 

died, unmarried. 
John, b. and d. April 3, 1763. 
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1765; m. July 1, 1781, Jacob Buckman, father 

of Hon. Bowen Buckman, of Woburn. 



William Munroe m. June 3, 1733, Sarah Mason, dau. of John 
and Elizabeth (Spring) Mason, b. June 7, 1714. She was ad. to the 
ch. May 4, 1735. It is stated, in a paper left by one of the family, 
that he had just been engaged as a committee man to enlarge the 
burying yard, and taking a sudden cold while haying in his meadow, 
he was attacked with a violent fever, which in a few days proved 
fatal ; and that he was the first to be laid in the new portion of the 
yard he had so recently procured. This account is confirmed by his 
grave stone, which has this inscription : " William Munroe d. Aug. 
18, 1747, aged 44 years. The -first buried in this (the new portion) 
yard." She m. Feb. 27, 1753, Isaac Bowman, Esq., and d, April 
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\Edmund. b. Feb. 2, 1736; m. Aug. 31, 1768, Rebecca Harrington. 
Sarah, b. May 1, 1738; m. Dec. 2, 1762. William Tidd of Lex. 

They moved to New Braintree, where they died. 
Catharine, b. Sept. "29, 1740; m. Nov. 22, 1764, Joseph Bowman of 

Lex. They moved to New Braintree. 
\ William, h. Oct. 28, 1742 ; he was twice married. 
Abigail, b. Feb. 24, 1744; m. Daniel Spooner, Esq., of Hartland, 

Vt., where she d. 1846, at the remarkable age of 102 years. 
Nehemiah, b. July 1, 1747 ; m. Dec. 5, 1771, Avis Hammond. They 

moved to Roxbury, where he d. Aug. 2, 1828, aged 81. 



Thomas Munroe m. Elizabeth . He moved to Con., where 

his children were born. They had nine children. Thomas, his 
oldest son, b. May 4, 1731, m. for his second wife, Dec. 29, 1763, 
Mrs. Hepzibah Raymond of Lex., wid. of Jonathan Raymond. His 
second son, John, b. May 4, 1753, grad. H. C. 1751 ; studied divinity 
but was never ordained. He taught school in Con., and moved to 
Harvard in 1772, where he d. Thomas Munkoe, the father, was a 
captain. 



David Munroe m. Feb. 29, 1733, Abigail Wellington, dau. of 
Benjamin and Lydia (Brown) Wellington, b. July 14, 1715. He 
was a member of Capt. Blodgett's company, which marched to the 
relief of Fort William-Henry, in 1757. He was also in the French 
war in 1760, and was a corporal. He d. June 13, 1764, aged 55. 

David, b. 1734; m. Oct. 17, 1765, Elizabeth Foye of Charlestown. 
Bevjamin, bap. Sept. 12, 1736; d. in Stow, without issue. 
Abraham, b. Aug 14, 1738; ni. Lois Chapen of Stow. He was a 

lieutenant in the French war. He afterward moved to Northboro\ 

where he kept a public house. 



Philip Munroe m. Mary . They o. c. Nov. 16, 1740, when 

their oldest child was bap. They had six children in Lex., and 
moved to Shrewsbury, where their last three children were bap. The 
Shrewsbury ch. record says, " they being in covenant relations with 
the ch. in Lex." 

Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1740; d. young. 110 Lois, b. Dec. 11, 1742. 
Jonathan, b. Dec. 28, 1744. 112 Prudence, bap. May 27, 1747. 

Mary, bap. April 10, 1757. 114 Lemuel, bap. March 4, 1759. 

Abraham, bap. at Shrewsbury, ? c „* a itrq 
Abigail, " " ^ P • > 

Sarah, bap. " Oct. 14, 1764. 



William Munroe m. May 6, 1736, Rebecca Locke, dau. of James 
and Sarah (Cutter) Locke, b. Nov. 11, 1711. He was killed July 
10, 1778, by a cart falling upon him, aged 78. His wid. d. Nov. 19, 
1798, aged 87. Her thirds were distributed, in 1799, to James, 
Philemon, William, and the heirs of Isaac, deceased. 

James, b. Dec. 12, 1735 ; m. Aug. 18, 1763, Lucy Watson of Camb. 
She d. July 10, 1783, and he m. Mrs. Sarah Hancock. He resided 
in Camb., where he was a deacon, and d. 1804. He was appointed 
armorer by the Provincial congress in 1775, and acted in that 
capacity for some time. He was a blacksmith by trade. 

Isaac, b. Sept. 11, 1737. He m. Dec. 25, 1760, Mary Hutchinson 
of Charlestown. She d. and he m. June 16, 1791, Mrs. Lydia 
Caldwell of Wo. He resided in West Camb. , and was deacon of 



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the Baptist cbTirch there. He d. July 17, 1791, from the sting of 

a bee, leaving his second wife for the second time a widow, alter 

a marriaae of twenty-one days. 
Asa b. Dec. 29, 1739 ; d. Feb. 20, 1825, aged 85, unm. He was m 

the battle of Lex., being a member of Parlcer's company. He was 

in the campaign at White Plains, in 1776. 
Bebecca b. Jan. 12, 1742; d. unm. Sept. 6, 1767, aged 26. 
tSb Feb. 21, 1744;' m. June 23, 1768, Phinehas Parker of 

Reading, afterwards ofPepperell; d. 1781, without issue. 
Amos, b. May 31. 1746 ; d. July 5, 1765. ^ a Oot 

Mary b. Oct. 10, 1748 ; m. 1772, Samuel Sanderson, and d. Oct. 

15 'l852, at the remarivable age of 104 years. 5 days. 
Eannah, b. Sept. 26, 1751 ; m. Jan. 4, 1774, William Porter. 
jFhUemon, b. Oct. 20, 1753 ; he was twice married. 
\William, b. Aug. 29, 1756; m. Abigail Harrington. 



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George Munroe m. Nov. 25. 1731, Sarah Phipps. He d. June 
94 1743 aged 37. His wid., Sarah, administered upon his estate. 
Timothy 'Wellington was appointed, March 7, 1747, guardian of 
Timothy, Thaddeus, and Elizabeth, under fourteen years ot age, 
and of George, fifteen years of age. 

] George, bap. May 13, 1733 ; m. Anna Bemis. 

\Timothy, bap. April 20, 1735 ; settled in Lynn 

Thaddeus, bap. Aug. 20, 1738. 131 J^-^i.a6e<A, bap. Mar. 23, 1740. 



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RoBERT MUNROE m. Julv 28, 1737, Anne Stone, dau. of John 
and Mary (Reed) Stone. He was a soldier in the French war was • 
the standard bearer at the taking of Louisburg, in 1758, and was 
also in the service in 1762. Having served the colonies against the 
French and Indians, we might naturally suppose that he would be 
true to the family instinct, and to the calls of patriotism in defending 
the colonies against any other foe. And so he was. Being the en- 
sio-n of Parker's gallant co., he was on the Common on the 19th ot 
April 1775, and stood manfully at his post; and fell, one of the first 
victims of British oppression, on the very field where he was posted 
by his gallant commander. He was in the 64th year of his age at the 
time of his death. 

Ebenezer, b. Feb. 5, 1737 ; d. June 25, 1740 , 

Anna, h. Aug. 13, 1740 ; m. May 8. 1760 Daniel Harrington. 
Buth, b. July 26, 1742; m. Jan. 9, 1766, William Tidd, who was 
lieutenant in Capt. Parker's co., and was wounded in the battle ot 

\MenTzfrX Nov. 15, 1744; m. May 2, 1771 Martha Smith 
\john, b. June 15, 1748 ; m. Dec. 3, 1772. Rebecca Welhngton. 

Samuel Munroe m. Abigail . There is no record of his 

family except Jonathan ; but there are indications on the records ot 
his having other children. I set down the following as the rnost 
probable He was in the service five months at Ticonderoga. in 177b, 
and three months at Dorchester, the same year. He probably moved 
to Townsend, about 1780. 



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Eunice, b. 



138 Jonathan, b. July 15, 1759. 
m. first, Thaddeus Winship, and second, Eben- 



ezer Steadman. 
Levi, b. Feb. 21, 1771. 



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Andrew Munroe m. May 26, 1763, Mrs. Mary (Mixer) Si- 
monds, wid. of Daniel Simonds. He was in the French war, in 
1758, '59, and '60. He d. Sept. 15, 1766, and his wid. settled his 
estate. 

Aiidreio, b. March 13, 1764. 

Ishmael, b. Oct. 9, 1766, after the death of his father. This was the 

second posthumous child his mother had, — one by each husband. 

He m. Feb. 27, 1794, Elizabeth Skilton, both of Woburn. 



Jedediah Munroe m. Abigail Loring, dau. of Joseph and Lydia 
(Fiske) Loring. She was a twin with Mary, and a sister of Dea. 
Joseph Loring. He was a member of Capt. Parker's co., and rallied 
with his townsmen in defence of freedom on the 19th of April, 1775. 
He was wounded in the morning ; but his devotion to the cause was 
too deep-seated to be quenched by the first flow of blood. He 
marched with the co. toward Con. to meet the British on their re- 
treat, and was killed in the afternoon, aged 54. 

Daniel, h. Sept. 29, 1744 ; m. Abigail Parker of Roxbury, where he 

lived and died. 

Jedediah, h. ; ra. Sarah Parker, and lived in Boston. 

Solomon, b. ; m. and lived in Boston. 

jJoseph, bap. Dec. 4, 1757 ; m. July 22, 1783, Rhoda Leath of 

Woburn. 

Dolly, bap. March 30, 1760 ; d. unm. 

Zacharias, } , . , t i i i t/? < S 
Tp?- 7, vj. 5" twins, bap. July 1, 1764: < , 
Llizabeth, ^ ^ f j ■> (o.. young. 

Elizabeth, b. ; m. March 23, 1789, Abel Walker of Woburn. 



John Munroe m. Dec. 23, 1747, Anna Kendall of Wo. He 
marched to the relief of Fort William-Henry, 1757. He was a mem- 
ber of Capt. Parker's company, and took part in the affairs on the 
19th of April, marched to Cambridge with the company on the day 
of the battle of Bunker Hill, and was in the campaign, in 1776, in 
the Jerseys. Tbey were ad. to the ch. in Lexington on confession, 
in 1767. He probably resided in Wo. a portion of his life. 



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Anna, b. Nov. 18, 1759. 
John, bap. July 21, 1767. 



152 Sarah, bap. July 21, 1767. 
154 Lydia, bap. July 22, 1767. 



Joseph Munroe m. Hannah . He was in the French war, 

1755. He moved to Concord, and resided in that part of the town 
which was set off to form the town of Carlisle, and was one of the 
members of the ch. organized there in 1781. He had a family of six 
children, b. between 1742 and 1755, who settled in Carlisle and 
Acton ; except Joseph, who settled as a phvsician at Hillsboro', 
N. H., and d. Feb. 24, 1798. 



William Munroe d. 1755, aged 25 years, probably unm. His 
will, dated April 4, 1755, and proved Oct. 13, 1755, mentions brother- 
in-law Adam Caldwell of Bedford, and sisters Bridget and Hannah. 
He was a sergeant in the French war, in 1754 and 1755. 



John Munroe m. April 13, 1762, Lydia Bemis of Weston, dau. 
of John and Hannah Bemis. He was a member of the Lex. company 
in 1775. The record of his family is extremely defective. We find 
the mention of only one child, though he may have had more. He 
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Lydia, h&Tp. May 17, 1767; m. Jan. 16, 1783, Jonathan Page of 
Lincoln. He afterwards resided in Charlestown, where he kept a 
tavern of some note. He rose to the rank of colonel -in the militia ; 
and during the war of 1812 was stationed in Boston Harbor, and 
superintended the erection of some of the fortifications. 



Stephen Munroe m. July 8, 1766, Nancy Perry of Wo. He 
was in the French war, 1762, was in the battle of Lex. 1775, and 
marched to Camb. on the 17th of June, at the time of the battle of 
Bunker Hill. He perhaps resided for a time in Wo. ; also in the 
State of Maine. He d. July 30, 1826, aged 87. 



Nancy, b. - 
Stephen, b. 
Joanna, b. • 
James, b. 



— ; m. Caldwell of Woburn. 

— ; r. in Concord. 

— ; m. Daniel Russell. 
• ; he was feeble-minded. He was an inmate of the 

almshouse, and disappeared mysteriously, leading to the suspicion 
that he might have been murdered. Human bones were found in 
the woods some twelve months afterwards, supposed to be bis. 
The mystery was never revealed. 



Ebenezer Munroe m. May 10, 1781, Lucy Simonds of Wo. He 
was a member of the Lex. minute men, and ready on the 19th of April 
to do battle in freedom's cause. He was wounded in the elbow in 
the morning, but mounted his horse and rode from town to town, 
alarming the peo[)le and rousing them to action, until quite exhausted 
by the loss of blood. He claimed to have fired the first gun on the 
American side. That he did return the fire is abundantly proved by 
the testimony of others. His own account is as follows : '* After the 
first fire (of the regulars) I received a wound in my arm ; as I turned 
to run, I discharged my gun into the main body of the enemy. An- 
other ball passed between my arm and my body, and just marked ray 
clothes ; one ball cut off a part of my ear locks, which were pinned 
up. The balls flew so thick, I thought there was no chance of escape, 
and that I might as well fire my gun, as stand still and do nothing." 
Deposition taken April 2, 1825. Ebenezer Munroe performed other 
duties in the Revolution, being one of the number who joined in the 
campaign in the Jerseys in 1776. 

He moved to Ashburnham soon after the close of the war, where 
he was a lieutenant and a respectable citizen. He d. at Ashburnham 
1825, and his wid. m. John Adams as his" second wife. Ebenezer 
Munroe was half-brother to Mr. Adams's first wife. Mr. Adams 
spent his youth in West Camb., went to Ashburnham previous to 
the Revolution, lived there till he was nearly 100, when he went to 
live with a son in Penn., and d. 1849, aged 104 years, 1 mo., 5 days. 
He retained his faculties to the last, and is said to have made a pair 
of shoes the day he was 104. 



Charles, b. • 
Ebenezer, b. 

John, b. 

Her rick, b. 



161 Lucy, b. — 
163 Jonas, b. - 
165 Rebecca, b. 



JosiAH Munroe ra. Nov. 16, 1768, Susan Fitch of Bed. He was 
in the French war in 1762. He also served three months in the 
Jerseys, in 1776. He then entered the Continental Line, and served 
two and a half years. After the close of the war he drew land in 
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he was for a time post-master. He had at least one child b. in Lex. 
viz., Susanna, bap. Nov. 10, 1771. They had another dau. and a 
son b. in Bedford, before he moved to Ohio. 



Nathan Munroe m. Oct. 3, 1769, Elizabeth Harrington, dau. of 
Henry and Sarah (Laughton) Harrington, b. Sept. 17, 1750. He 
was a member of Parker's minute men, and took part in the battle of 
Lex. in 1775. He resided on Monument street, where Mr. John 
Hudson now resides. His house received several balls, which were 
taken out subsequently, when the house was repaired. She d. Dec. 
24, 1812. 

Dolly, b. Nov. 18, 1769; m. Jan. 28, 1788, Elijah Pierce. 
Arethusa, b. Mar. 10, 1773; m. June 20, 1793, William Fox of Wo. 
Betsey, b. April 5, 1776 ; m. March 20, 1798, Munson Johnson. 
John, b. June 15, 1778 ; m. a Macy in Nantucket, and r. there. 
\Nathan, b. Oct. 23, 1780 ; m. Susanna Loring. 
\Jonathan, b. May 26, 1783; m. Feb. 13, 1812. Rhoda Johnson. 
Polly, b. March 11, 1785; m. June 13, 1811, Thomas Hunnewell of 

Charlestown. 
Dorcas, b. M.arch 31, 1788; ra. Nov. 29, 1810, Leonard Brown. 
Thaddeus, b. Sept. 14, 1790 ; r. at Quincy, 111. 
Harris, b. May 29, 1793; d. in Dedham, 1829. 



Edmund Munrok m. Aug. 31, 1768, Rebecca Harrington, dau. 
of Jonathan and Abigail Harrington, b. Feb. 17, 1751. She was 
sister to Jonathan Harrington, who d. 1854, the last survivor of the 
battle of Lex. Edmund Munroe was distinguished as a military 
man Entering the Provincial service at an early age, he was pro- 
moted to an ensign in a corps of rangers commanded by Maj. Rogers, 
which performed signal service in the French war. In 1761, he was 
acting adjutant in Col. Hoar's regiment at Crown Point. In 1762, 
he received a commission from Gov. Bernard, as a lieutenant in His 
Majesty's service, and continued with the troops at Crown Point, 
Ticonderoga, and vicinity, till the peace of 1763. His kinsmen 
Robert and Abraham were officers in the same service with him. He 
not only served in the French and Indian war, but being enrolled in 
the company of Lex. minute men, he met the enemy on the 19th of 
April, and shared in the dangers of that day. But his devotion to 
the cause of the colony did not permit him to cease from effort when 
the oppressors were driven from his native village. Having served 
under Rogers and Hoar, the companions and co-laborers with Wolf 
and Barre and Putnam, he was not willing to confine his efforts to a 
limited Held. As early as August, 1776, we find him on his way to 
meet the British on the same fields where he had toiled with them in 
subduing the French and Indians. He was commissioned as lieuten- 
ant on the 12th of July, 1776, in Capt. Miles's co. and Col. Reed's 
regiment. On the IGth of the same month he was appointed quar- 
termaster and destined to the northern frontier. In a letter addressed 
to his wife, dated Charlestown, N. H., Aug. 5. 1776, he says, "I 
have been used very well by the field officers of the regiment. We 
shall march from this place for Ticonderoga this day." 

On the first of January following, he received his commission as 
captain in Col. Bigelow's regiment. He was with the Northern army 
under Gates, at Stillwater, Saratoga, and Bennington; and so dis- 
tinguished himself that after the capture of Burgoyne he was pre- 
sented by his superior ofllcers with a pair of candle-sticks, — a part of 
the traveling equipage or tent ornaments of Gen. Burgoyne. 

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States ; and Capt. Munroe repaired to the Jerseys, and joined the 
army under Washington, where, on the 28th of June, 1778, he was 
slain on the field of Freehold, commonly called the Battle of Mon- 
mouth. The same cannon ball which deprived the country of the 
services of the gallant captain, kilted George Munroe, his kinsman, 
and maimed for life Joseph Cox of Lexington, who was a wheel- 
wright by trade, and worked at that business in Roxbury, in 1790. 
He wore a wooden leg. 

The Burgoyne candlesticks of which we have spoken, together 
with a sword, a curious beaded Indian powder horn, several bead 
belts, pistols, &c., used by Capt. Munroe in the French war, were 
left by his widow, in 1834, to her son Edmund. 

When Capt. Munroe entered upon the command of a co. in the 
Continental line, he had in his co. fifteen men from Lex., viz., Ne- 
hemiah Estabrook, David Fiske, Pomp Blackman, Samuel Crafts, 
Jupiter Tree, Thaddeus Munroe, Amos Russell, George Munroe, 
Joseph Cox, David Simonds, Ebenezer Hadley, James Fowle, 
Thomas Hadley, Levi Mead, and Seth Read. 

Among these original papers left in the family is the oath of office, 
bearing the signature of Capt. Munroe, and that of the Baron de Kalb. 
We will give this document entire, with a fac-simile of their hands. 

I, Edmund Munroe, Captain in Col. Bigelow's regiment, do ac- 
knowledge the United States of America to be Free, Independent, 
and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no 
allegiance to George, the Third, King of Great Britain ; and I re- 
nounce and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him ; and I do 
swear that I will to the utmost of my power support, maintain, and 
defend the said United States against the said King George the 
Third, his heirs and successors, and his or their abettors, assistants, 
and adherents ; and will serve the said United States in the office of 
Captain, which I now hold, with fidelity, according to the best of my 
ability, skill, and understanding. 

Sworn to, Camp at ? 



Valley Forge, May 18, 1778. 



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Capt. Munroe was deliberately brave, without enthusiasm. Some 
of his letters evince this coolness. Writing to his wife from Valley 
Forge, May 17, 1778, he says, " I am going on command to-morrow 
morning down to the enemy's lines. There are two thousand going 
on the command. I am of the mind, we shall have a dispute with 
them before we return.'''' He was forty-two years old at the time of 
his death. He was, like most men at that day who devoted them- 
selves to the public service, comparatively poor. He left a wid. and 
four children. She moved to West Camb., where she d. April 6, 
1834, aged 83. Honorable mention was made of her in an obituary 
notice, in the Boston Daily Advertiser of April 11, 1834, from 
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which we extract the following: " The worthy lady who is the sub- 
ject of this notice, with other families in Lexington, fled on the 19th 
of April, 1775, with their children, to the woods, while their husbands 
were engaged with the enemy, and their houses were sacked or in- 
volved in flames. Her husband was killed at Monmouth in New 
Jersey, June 28, 1778. On his bereaved partner, in the midst of 
discouragement, sorrows, and the privations of the times, devolved 
the task of rearing an infant family. The long life of this venerable 
lady was a pattern of domestic duties and virtue." 

Pamelia, b. Sept. 17, 1769 ; d. Sept. 29, 1770. 

Rebecca, b. June 27, 1771 ; m. 1795, Fessenden. 

Pamelia, b. Sept. 20, 1773; m. Jan. 19, 1800, James Brown. 

Edmund, b. Oct. 13, 1775 ; was a printer by trade, established him- 
self in Boston, and was one of the publishing house of Munroe and 
Francis, and d. in Boston, unm., Feb. 9, 1854, aged 79. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 6, 1777 ; m. June 24, 1801, Joseph Locke, Jr. She 
d. May 14, 1838, aged 60. They resided at West Camb., and 
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WiLLiAM Munroe m. Anna Smith, dau. of Benjamin and Anna 
(Parker) Smith, b. March 31, 1743. She d. Jan. 2, 1781, aged 38, 
and he m. wid. Polly Rogers of Westford, whose first husband was 
killed at the Battle of Monmouth by the bursting of a cannon. Wil- 
liam Munroe was orderly sergeant of Capt. Parker's co. in 1775 ; it 
was under his direction that a guard was posted at Mr. Clarke's 
house, on the evening of the 18th of April, 1775 ; and he paraded 
the men on the Common the next morning, in the very face of the 
British troops. The services he performed at the opening of the 
Revolution, were followed up by other services in the progress of the 
war. He was a lieutenant in the Northern army at the taking of 
Burgoyne, in 1777. He was a prominent citizen, and filled impor- 
tant town offices. He was selectman nine years, and represented the 
town two years. He was a colonel in the militia, and marched 
towards Springfield during Shay's Rebellion ; but the dispersion of 
the insurgents enabled him to return in a short time. Col. Munroe 
kept the public house, long known as the " Munroe Tavern." Here 
thejBritish regaled themselves, and committed many outrages on^the 
1 9th of April ; here they shot down in cold blood John Raymond, 
who was about leaving the house ; and here General Washington 
dined in 1789, when he visited the first battle field of the Revolution. 
Col. Munroe's portrait will be seen on the opposite page. He d. 
Oct. 30, 1827, aged 85 ; she d. Jan. 10, 1829, aged 73. 

William, b. May 28, 1768 ; m. Susan B. Grinnell of New Bedford. 

He was killed at Richmond, Va., by the upsetting of a stage, 

in 1814. 
A7i7ia, b. May 9, 1771 ; m. Sept. 20, 1798, Rev. William Muzzy of 

Sullivan, N. H., and d. in Lex, 1850, aged 70. 
Sarah, b, Oct. 21, 1773; m. Jonathan Wheelock of Con., and d. 

aged about 77. 
Lucinda, b. April 9, 1776 ; d. unm. June 2, 1863, aged 87. 
\Jonas, b. June 11, 1778; m. March 17, 1814, Abigail C. Smith. 
Edmund, b. Oct. 29, 1780 ; m. first, Harriet Downes, second, Lydia 

Downes, third, Sophia Sewall. He was a broker in Boston, and 

d. April 17, 1865. 



Philemon Munroe m. Feb. 17, 1784, Elizabeth Waite of Mai- 
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1786, Rhoda Mead, b. July 8, 1758, who d. Jan. 18, 1824. Phile- 
mon Munroe was one of the heroic band who refused to disperse at 
the bidding of Maj. Pitcairn, on the 19th of April, — *' not being 
afraid of the king's commandment." He had two children (twins), 
by his first wife, and six by his last. He d. Oct. 17, 1806, aged 53. 

Thomas, b. March 30, 1785. He m. March 30, 1804, Elizabeth 
Jewett of Littleton. She d. Nov. 23, 1848, aged 63, and he ra. 
Aug. 26, 1849, wid. Matilda (Jewett) Conant. His wives were 
sisters, and dau. .of Joseph Jewett of Littleton. Mr. Munroe 
resided in Lex., Milton, and Dorchester, and then moved to 
Nashua, N. H., where he filled many important town offices, as 
well as those of notary and justice of the peace. 

Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1785 ; m. April 24, 1804, Isaac Reed. 

Edwin, b. April 3, 1788 ; ra. Eh'za Fowle, dau. of Henry and Re- 
becca FowJe of Med. They have resided in Lex., Med., Saugus, 
Charlestown, and Somerville. 

Josiah, b. Nov. 25, 1789 ; d. Aug. 20, 1837, unra. 

Catharine, b. July 24, 1791 ; m. Ira Thorp of Athol. 

Parnell, b. Nov. 27, 1793 ; d. 1821, aged 28. 

Charles, b. May 12, 1796 ; m. Maria Russell, r. at Somerville. 

H. G. Otis, b. Nov. 29, 1798; m. Dec. 12, 1822, Sophia Harrington. 
They reside in Boston, where he does business. 



William Munroe m. 1781, Abigail Harrington, dau. of John and 
Mary (Wooton) Harrington. He d. April 30, 1837, aged 80 ; she 
d. Nov. 1, 1811. 

Susan, b. Oct. 19, 1781 ; m. 1801, Nathan B. Foster. 

William, b. May 18, 1785; m. Oct. 11, 1813, Lucy Frost. He 

moved to that part of Charlestown which is now Somerville. 
E7ioch, b. Sept. 9, 1787 ; d. May 18, 1814, in Boston, aged 26. 
Sarah, b. Nov. 1789; m. Jesse Russell; r. in Woburn. 
Esther, b. 1792 ; d. in Belfast, Me., 1811, aged 19. Her death was 

caused by her clothes taking fire. 
Hannah, b. 1794 ; d. 1819, unm. 

Louisa, b. 1796; m. Nov. 13,. 1825, Thomas J. Buckman of Lynn. 
Mary, b. 1798. 204 Harriet, b. 1805 ; d. 1822. 



George Munroe m. Anna Bemis. She d. Mar. 8, 1815, aged 78. 

Anna, bap. May 13, 1759 ; m. Sampson. 

\Thaddeus, b. April 26, 1762; m. Oct. 1, 1820, Rebecca Locke, and 

d. 1846, aged 84. 
Abigail, bap. July 26, 1767 ; m. June 8, 1788, Joseph Blodgett. 
Hannah, bap. March 24, 1772 ; m. Bela Rice. 
Hepzibah, bap. Sept. 17, 1775; m. April 24, 1791, Joshua Wyman. 

He d. and she m. Daniels. 



Timothy Munroe m. Eaton of Reading. He probably 

moved to Lynn or Danvers, where he had a lamily of children, who 
settled in that neighborhood. He marched with the Danvers com- 
pany on the 19th of April, 1775, met the British at West Cambridge, 
where he and others were surrounded, when several of his com- 
rades were killed, and he escaped with a ball in his thigh which he 
carried through life, and his garments riddled with bullet holes. He 
d. at Lynn, 1808, aged 72. 



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Ebenezeu Muxroe m- March 29, 1771, Martha Smith, dau. of 
Benjamin and Anna (Parker) Smith, b. April 19, 1745. He was 
enrolled with Pariier's patriots, and was in the battle of Lexington, 
in 1775, and was also in the campaign in the Jerseys, in 1776. He 
d. Aug. 22, 1826, aged 82 ; she d. Oct. 13, 1834, aged 86. 

Patiy, b. Feb. 19, 1772; m. Dec. 25, 1804, Isaac Pierce of Walt. 
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 2, 1777 ; d. June 6, 1798, aged 21 years. 
Esther, b. Oct. 1783 ; m. Jan. 19. 1806, David Tuttle ; d. Oct. 14, 1809. 
\JoTin, b. April 28, 1785 ; m. Charlotte Bacon. 



John Munroe m. Dec. 3, 1772, Rebecca Wellington, dau. of 
Thomas and Margaret, of Waltham. Like most of the young men 
of that day, he was one of the Lex. minute-men, and did service on 
the 19th of April, 1775. He lived on Woburn street. He d. April 
4, 1831, aged 82 ; she d. Feb. IC, 1838, aged 90. 

Margaret, b. July 31, 1773 ; m. Daniel Mixer of Walt., where they 
resided for a time, when they moved to Worcester. He d. and 
she returned to Lex. and m. April 4, 1793, Thomas AVinship as a 
second wife. She d. 1789. 

Rebecca, b. May 30, 1776 ; m. Feb. 1, 1795, Jonathan Whittemore of 
West Cambridge. 

Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1779 ; m. Sept. 2, 1802, Seneca Harrington of 
Worcester. She was a wid. in Pepperell, 1858. 

Phileim, b. May 27, 1782 ; m. Feb. 2, 1804, David Johnson. She 
is living in Lex., at the age of 85. 



Joseph Munroe m. July 22, 1783, Rhoda Leathe of Wo. He 
resided on AV^oburn street, easterly of Col. Russell's. She d. Jan. 
2, 1825 ; he d. Sept. 22, 1832, aged 74. 

Rhoda, b. Dec. 24, 1784; m. Cobbett. 

Seth, b. April 18, 1788. 

Lydia, b. May 19, 1791 ; m. April 11, 1811, Joel Gleason of Bed. 

Jeptha, b. June 15, 1793 ; resided in Woburn. 

Dennis, b. Jan. 22, 1797 ; m. Elizabeth Fox. 

Lavinia, b. March 11, 1806. 



Nathan Munroe m. Susanna Loring. 
he then resided. 

ETbridge, b. July 28, 1804, at Lexington. 
Nathan, b. July' 28, 1808, at Concord. 
Jonas Clarke, b. Sept. 22, 1812, at Lincoln. 
James, b. Feb. 27, 1817, at Concord. 



He d. in Concord, where 



Jonathan Munroe m. Feb. 13, 1812, Rhoda Johnson, dau. of 
Frederick and Rhoda (Reed) Johnson. She d. July 19, 1865, aged 
72; he d. Dec. 4, 1867, aged 8o. 

Waiiam, b. Dec. 17, 1812 ; m. Dec. 1846, Elvira Merriam of Con., 
dau. of Joseph Merriam. They r. at Southbridge. 

Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1814; m. June 7, 1839, Francis Johnson of 
Wo. now Winchester, where they reside. 

Josiah, b. Oct. 21, 1818; m, Oct. 10, 1847, Adeline Dodge of Bos- 
ton. They reside in Roxbury. 

Faustina, b. Feb. 1, 1821 ; m. June 12, 1859, Frederick Stimpson. 



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Albert, b. May 2, 1824; m. April 12, 1850, Elizabeth Millet of Wo. 
Julia Maria, b. Dec. 31, 1832 ; d. Sept. 25, 1833. 



Jonas Munroe m. March 17, 1814, Abigail C. Smith, dau. of 
Joseph and Lucy (Stone) Smith. He was a lieutenant in United 
States dragoons, in 1807, resigned his commission, and on the 
breaking out of the war of 1812, was commissioned as lieutenant of 
infantry, and was engaged for a short time in the recruiting service. 
He was drowned at Somerville, wliile bathing, July 2, 1860, aged 82. 
His wid. d. April 4, 1861, aged 68. He kept the *' Munroe Tavern " 
and was extensively and favorably known to the traveling public. 

William Henry, h. Mar. 2, 1815. He is doing business in Philad. 
Harriet, b. Nov. 25, 1816 ; is now living, unm. 
Abby Smith, b. Aug. 28, 1819; d. Dec. 21, 1822. . 
]James S., b. June 6, 1824; m. Alice B. Phinney. 



TiiADDEUS Munroe m. Oct. 1, 1820, Rebecca Locke, dau. of 
Thomas and Lydia (Reed) Locke. He d. April 7, 1846, aged 84, 
and she d. July 23, 1846. He was a large landholder. 

\ George, b. Feb. 25, 1822. He has been twice married. 
Ann Rebecca, b. July 10, 1825; m. March 19, 1846, John M. Ran- 
dall, a lawyer, settled at Woburn. He is not living. 



John Munroe m. Dec. 11, 1811, Charlotte Bacon of Wo. He 
d. Feb. 17, 1865, aged 79. She is living, in her seventy-sixth year. 

John Harrison, b. June 3, 1813. He r. at Fall River. 

Charles Henry, b. Aug. 10, 1814 ; d. at BuflFalo, July 17, 1850. 

Harriet, b. April 29, 1816 ; d. Feb. 2, 1835. 

^Ebenezer, b. Dec. 3, 1817 ; ra. Margaret M. Wilson. 

Jonas, b. Sept. 10, 1819 ; d. Aug. 15, 1843. 

Lavinia, h. Oct. 16, 1821 ; m. April 4, 1839, Galen Allen. She d. 

April 22, 1865, and he d. Jan. 29, 1864. 
Oliver, b. April 10, 1825 ; d. May 4, 1857. 
Charlotte, b. March 28, 1827 ; m. George Mulliken. She d. Dec. 

8, 1861. 



James S. Munroe m. May 23, 1854, Alice B. Phinney, dau. of 
Elias Phinney, Esq. 



William, b, March 23, 1855. 
James, b. June 3, 1862. 



249 John C, b. March 26, 1858. 



George Munroe m. Dec. 13, 1846, Eliza Wood. She d. Aug. 
7, 1862, and he m. Nov. 7, 1854, Susan P. Winning. 

Rebecca Eliza, b. Oct. 6, 1847. 252 Oeorgiana, b. Jan. 8, 1850. 

George Warren, b. Aug. 3, 1855 ; d. Sept. 2, 1857. 

Mary Alice, b. Sept. 7, 1857. 255 Elmina, b. Dec. 18, 1860. 



Ebenezer Munroe m. Nov. 26, 1850, Margaret M. Wilson. 
She d. Feb. 4, 1860 ; he d. Jan. 5, 1868, aged 50. 

Julia Maria, b. April 17, 1852. 257 Robert, b. Aug. 10, 1854. 
Anne S., b. Nov. 26, 1855; d. Jan. 28, 1856. 



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THE MUZZY FAMILY. 

The ]\Iuzzys were early in Lexington, and were for a century and 
a half among the leading influential families in the place. The name 
is spelled Mussy, Muzzy, and the Lex. families have recently added 
the e in the last syllable, Muzzey. 

Benjamin Muzzy of Maiden m. Alice Dexter, and had Benjamin, 
b. April 16, 1657; Joseph, b. March 1, 1659. He may have been 
son of Robert of Ipswich, one of the first settlers of that town, who 
was made freeman, 1634. 

Benjamin Muzzy ni. first, Sarah , who d. in Lex. Jan. 28, 

1710, aged 50 years, and m. second, Jane . What time he 

came to Cambridge Farms, we are not able to say. We find a 
record of the birth of Mary Muzzy, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah, in 
Cambridge, in 1683 ; but whether he lived at that time in the old 
town or at the Farms, is uncertain. His name is found on the ear- 
liest records at the Farms or North Precinct, — he being one of the 
subscribers for the first meeting house, in 1692, and was one of the 
largest tax payers the following year. As he was a large land-holder 
in the centre of the town, at the organization of the Parish in 1693, 
it is probable that he had been in the place for some time. In 1693, 
he was placed on a committee with David Fiske, sen., Samuel Stone, 
sen., and others, to negotiate with Cambridge for the purchase of a 
tract of land for the support of the ministry. He was constable in 
1694, and an assessor in 1700. He filled the dignified office of tyth- 
ingman in 1716. In 1711, the inhabitants of the Precinct purchased 
of Benjamin Muzzy about two acres of land for a Common, and a 
site for a meeting house. This was done by subscription, in which 
he and his sons John and Richard participated. He resided on or 
near the spot where Rufus Merriam now resides. Here was opened 
the first public house in the place, his son John being licensed for 
that purpose in 1714. He d. May 12, 1732, possessed of a large 
landed property. The inventory of his estate mentions his mansion 
house, barn, cider mill, and a homestead of 111 acres. Among the 
articles appraised were three slaves,— a man, valued at £80, and a 
woman and child at £60. The record of his family is incomplete. 
He bought his homestead of Edward Pelham of Rhode Island, 1693. 
It is described as bounded by John Munroe, ministerial land, Matthew 
Bridge, and extending to Vine Brook. 

3fary, b. July 13, 1683. 

]Jo?m, b. 1685 ; d. March 8, 1768. 

jBenjamin, b. Feb. 20, 1689 ; m. Patience . 

Richard, b. . He was drowned, in a pond in Maine, 1719, 

unm. He owned real estate in Lexington. 
\Amos, bap. Jan. 7, 1699 ; m. Esther Green. 
Bethia, bap. June 1701 ; ra. Ebenezer Fiske, as his second wife. 
Thomas, bap. Sept. 1, 1706; d. Nov. 26, 1740. 



John Muzzy m. first, July 12, 1709, Elizabeth Bradshaw of 
Med. She d. Feb. 22, 1722, aged 33 years. He m. second, Dec. 
1, 1722, Rebecca Ingham, who d. July 12, 1731, aged about 40 ; and 

he m. third, Mary , who d. March 9, 1758, aged 66. He d. 

March 28, 1768, aged 83. He was either born in Lex., or came in 
with his father in early infancy. He opened the first public house in 
the place, in 1714, which he continued for a long period. He filled 
many town oflBces, being constable in 1727, school committee in 1733, 
selectman in 1741, '42, '44, and assessor in 1746. He was ad. to the 



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cb. Aug. 24, 1735. In his will, dated 1764:, and a codicil dated 1765, 
he mentions dau. Mary Hall, Sarah Hill, and Jane Stone, and sons 
John and Benjamin. He made his son-in-law, Samuel Stone, execu- 
tor of his will. He not only owned land in Lex., but was an owner 
of land in Templeton, having as a proprietor, drawn a lot of forty 
acres in that township, in 1735. This land he gave to his sons Ben- 
jamin and John. 

Elizabeth, bap. April 23, 1710 ; m. John Hovey and d. at Camb. 

Dec. 1729, aged 19. 
Mary, bap. May 18, 1712 ; m. Stephen Hall. 
John, b. May 12, 1714. 
Sarah, b. July 6, 1716 ; m. Jacob Hill. 
Jane, b. July 4, 1719 ; m. Samuel Stone. 
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17. 1734; m. April 29, 1756, Francis Falkner of 

Acton. She d. in three weeks after marriage. 
Benjamin, b. Oct. 29, 1736 ; probably went to Sudbury, where he 

m. July 30, 1761, Elizabeth Witherbee of Stow. 
Abigail, bap. May 10, 1739. 



Bexjamin Muzzy m. Patience . He d. Jan. 29, 1764, aged 

84, and she d. Oct. 7, 17G7, aged 80. Their deaths are inscribed on 
one stone in the Lex. grave yard. He was frequently called to fill 
town offices, being from time to time chosen school committee, &c. 
His will, dated Feb. 19, 1763, and proved Feb. 13, 1764, mentions 
wife Patience, suns Joseph and John, and dau. Esther Merriam, 
Mary Reed, and grandsons Benjamin, James, Seth, and Benoni, 
sons of Benjamin, deceased. His son John was appointed executor 
of his will, and to him he gave all his land and buildings in Lex. 

\ Joseph, bap. March 19, 1710. 

Esther, bap. Feb. 16, 1712; m. Nathaniel Merriam. 

\John, bap. Feb. 12, 1716; d. Dec. 16. 1784. 

Mary, bap. March 2, 1718; m. Reed. 

Benjamin, b. ; m. Feb. 19, 1752, Hannah Discom, and moved 

to Shrewsbury, where they were ad. to the ch. July, 1753. Their 
children were Benjamin and Hannah, a pair of twins, who were 
bap. Aug. 15, 1753, James, bap. Jan. 2, 1757, Seth, bap. Oct. 8, 
1758, Benoni, bap. April 26, 1760. 



Amos Muzzy m. Sept. 26, 1734, Esther Green, dau. of Samuel 
and Esther Green. He d. June 26, 1752. His wid. m. March 4, 
1758, Thomas Prentice, Esq., of Newton. Mr. Muzzy died pos- 
sessed of a large property for that period. Among his chattels were 
a male and female negro — the former inventoried at £350, and the 
latter at £100. His homestead is thus described : '* The home land, 
containing by estimation eighty-two acres, with a mansion house and 
barn and corn house upon it, consisting of pasturage, mowing, 
ploughing, orchard, and woodland, lying upon both sides of the 
great county road leading to Concord." This mansion house was on 
or near the spot where David W. Muzzey now resides, and the land 
extended down upon Waltham street, to what is now called Grape 
Vine Corner. He also owned land in Woburn and Townsend. He 
was an assessor in 1744, and a selectman in 1750. 

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Sarah, b. March 30, 1737; m. Oct. 19, 1758, Bezaleel Lawrence. 

Amos, b. June 7, 1739 ; d. July, 1740. 

^Amos, b. May 24, 1741 ; m. Nov. 29, 1764, Abigail Bowers. 



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^William, b. July 81, 1743; m. Lydia Reed. 

Samnel, b. July 12, 1745; d. Aug. 23, 1747. 

Bethiah, b. July 8, 1747 ; m. Nov. 16, 1769, Thaddeus Brown. 

Man/, b. Sept, 8, 1749. 

Beujamin, b. Jan. 25, 1752. lie was grad, H. C. 1774, sailed from 

Boston, Sept. 1777, in the privateer Hero Revenge as chaplain, 

and was lost at sea. 



Joseph Muzzy m. Lois — . — . We have been able to learn but 
little of this family. He was ad. to the ch. June 9, 1728. He was a 
house-holder in 1735, and was taxed the following years for real 
estate. 

Lois, bap. Oct. 12, 1735. 33 Sarah, bap. Jan. 8, 1738. 

Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1740 ; probably went to Shrewsbury. 
Abigail, bap. July 28, 1745. 36 Nathan, b. May 12, 1751. 

They may have had other children. Some of these probably d. in 
infancy. In 1769, we have a record of the death of Joseph Muzzy's 
child. 



John Muzzy m. first, Rebecca Reed, dau. of Maj. Benjamin and 
Rebecca Reed, who was b. Nov. 5, 1724. She d. Jan. 24, 1771, 
and he m. second, Aug. 19, 1773, Mrs. Rebecca Munroe, wid. of 
Jonas Munroe, a grandson of the first William. He d. Dec. 16, 
1784, and she d. Jan. 14, 1839, aged 85. He was one of the Lex. 
company who met the enemy in 1775. He was also two months with 
the army at Cambridge, during the siege of Boston, in 1776. 

Isaac, bap. Dec. 6, 1744. He was ad. to the ch. Nov. 17, 1771. 

He was one of the heroes who fell, a prey to British aggression, 

on the Common at Lex. April 19, 1775. His name is preserved 

on the Monument. 

Rebecca, b. ; d. unm. 

Mary, b. June 3, 1748; m. Aug. 31, 1769, Silas Fuller. 
\Ebenezer, bap. July 8, 1750; m. Betty Reed. 

Abigail, b. ; drowned in a tub of water, at the age of 2 years. 

\John, b. , 1754. 

Abigail, bap. Feb. 1, 1756 ; m. Nov. 20, 1780, Abel Winship. They 

resided in Bedford. 
Thaddeus, bap. Sept. 25, 1757 ; d. 1785, unm. 

Fjunice, b. ; m. Ebenezer Estabrook of Holden. 

BeiUj, bap. Aug. 10, 1761; m. March 14, 1786, Joshua Stearns of 

Princeton. They moved to New Ipswich, N. H. 

John Muzzy and his first wife had several other children, who d. 
in early infancy. 



Amos Muzzy m. first, Aug. 29, 1764, Abigail Bowers of Billerica. 
They were ad. to the ch. June 26, 1766. She d. March 15, 1803, 
aged bS years, and he m. second, Abigail Smith, wid. of Capt. Joseph 
Smith, Dec. 25, 1806. She d. Feb. 18, 1814, aged 63, and he d. 
Dec. 10, 1822, aged 82. Amos Muzzy and his two wives were 
placed in a tomb in the church yard in Lex., covered with a slab 
bearing this inscription : " The northwest corner of this tomb is 
reserved for Mr. Amos Muzzy and wives, and no other corpse to 
be laid there." He was in the Battle of Lex. 1775, and in 1776 was 
five months at Ticonderoga, and three months at Camb. 1778. 

26-47 I \Amos, b. April 19, 1766 ; m. Lydia Boutelle. 
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Abigail, h. May 27, 1769 ; m. 1800, Thomas Conaut of Boston. 
William, b. May 2b, 1771 ; d. April 16, 1835. 



William ^Iuzzy in. Nov. 29, 1764, Lydia Reed of Charlestown. 
They were ad. to the ch. May 18, 1766. He d. Nov. 20, 1770. 

Lydia, bap. July 26, 1767 ; m. Dec. 25, 1788, Nathan Brown. 
Mary, bap. Jan. 7, 1770 ; m. Feb. 24, 1796, Daniel Marrett, minister 
in Standish, Me. 



Ebexezer Muzzy m. June 6, 1774, Betty Reed, dan. of Joshua 
and Susanna Reed. They commenced life in Lex., but afterwards 
moved to Rindge, N. H., where most of their children were born. 
They returned to Lex., where he d. March 29, 1804, and she d. March 
12, 1846, at the advanced age of 91. 

\Isaac, b. April 5, 1775. 

Betsey, b. ; m. Jonas Reed and moved to Heath. 

Nahhy, b. ; m. John Parker and moved to Phillipston, where 

she d. He afterwards came came back to Lex. and m. Esther 
Reed, dau. of Thaddeus Reed, and moved to Nashua, N. H. 

Joshua, b. . He was killed by falling from a tree, when about 

eight years of age. 

Thaddeus, b. 1784; m. Mrs. Mary Patch of Boston, where they 
lived. He was drowned in Boston Harbor, by the upsetting of a 
boat, June 15, 1815, aged 31 years. She d Dec. 7, 1816, aged 32. 

JoTin,h. Nov. 19, 1794; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Lydia More, dau. of 
Thomas D. More of Boston. They resided in the city till 1854, 
when they came to Lex. They had two children, — the first d. in 
early infancy, the other, John M., b, July 18, 1819, and d. April 
5, 1839, aged 20 years. He d. Dec. 30, 1864, aged 70 years ; she 
d. Dec. 20, 1862, agod 66. 



John Muzzy m. May 2, 1777, Rebecca, dau. of Jonas and Re- 
becca Munroe. She was the dau. of his step-mother. He was in 
the army in the Jerseys in 1776, and also at Ticonderoga the same 
year. 

Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1777 ; m. Aug. 30, 1798, Nathan Reed, Jr. 
\John, b. Dec. 22. 1780. 
\Jonas M., b. July 18, 1782. 



Amos Muzzy m. Lydia Boutelle, dau. of Timothy Boutelle of 
Leominster. They were ad. to the ch. April 28, 1798. He was 
chosen deacon April 14, 1822. He d. May 20, 1829 ; she d. Dec. 
24, 1838. 

Elmira, b. Oct. 21, 1794; ra. Oct. 12, 1817, Charles Reed. 

\Ber\jamin, b. Dec. 13, 1795 ; m. 1822, Elizabeth Wood. 

Lydia, b. June 11, 1799; m. Oct. 29, 1818, Samuel Chandler. 

Artemas Bowers, b. Sept. 21, 1802; he grad. H. C. 1824, studied 
theology, was ordained at Framinghara, June 10, 1830, left in 
1833, and in 1834 was installed at Cambridgeport, left in 1846, 
and the same year was settled over the Lee street ch. in Cam- 
bridgeport, resigned his situation, and in 1854 was settled over 
the Second Congregational Church in Concord, N. H. He ra. 
June 26, 1831, Hepsabeth Patterson of Boston, dau. of Enoch 
Patterson, Esq., by whom he had several children. His oldest 
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Abigail, b. Nov. 26, 1804 ; m. Sept. 11, 1834, Samuel Chandler. 
Amos Otis, b. June 14, 1808 ; d. Jan. 20, 1812. 



William Muzzy m. Sept, 20, 1798, Anna Munroe. He was 
grad. n. C. 17y.'3, and was ordained at Sullivan, N. II., Feb. 7, 
1798. He left in 1828, and returned to Lex. with his family, where 
he d. April 16, 1835 and she d. June 19, 1850, aged 79. They had 
five children b. in Sullivan, two of whom d. 1814 of the spotted lever. 
William, b. June oO, 1804, lives at Philadelphia; Emily, b. Nov. 
1800, d. unm. ; Abhy Ann, b. June 15, 180G, m. Aug. 4, 1835, Dea. 
William Brigham, resides in Lexington. 



Isaac Muzzy m. Mary Boutelle of Maiden, 
and she d. Aug. 2, 1849, aged 71. 



He d. Aug. 1, 1842, 



^Charles, b. May 12, 1804; d. Aug. 27, 1853. 

Thomas, b. March, 1808. 

Mary Ann, b. April 15, 1811 ; ra. Ebenezer Hosmer. 



John Muzzy m. Oct. 1811, Rebecca Lincoln of Hingham, dau. 
of Seth and Mary (Fearing) Lincoln. She was b. Oct. 26, 1789, 
and was descended, both on her father's and mother's side, from two 
of the oldest families of that town. He resided on the Concord road, 
and d. Dec. 1843. After the death of her husband, she returned to 
Hingham, where she was living, 1859. 



jM7m^.,b. Nov. 4, 1815. 
unmarried. 



She resides in Hingham with her mother, 



Jonas M. Muzzy m. June 12, 1816, Abigail Dunklee of Milford, 
N. H. He resided near the Common, in the house now occupied by 
Simon W. Robinson, Esq. He d. Dec. 10, 1846. His widow resides 
in Hingham. 

Louisa C, b. June 1, 1818; m. Dec. 22, 1836, Seth L. Hobart of 
Hingham, and has had Alice L., b. 1837; Caroline H., b. 1842; 
Elsa W., b. 1846; Marion L., b. 1854. 

William P., b. Feb. 14, 1822; d. July 16, 1844. 

Franscena S., b. April 25, 1833. 



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Benjamin Muzzey m. June 19. 1822, Elizabeth Wood of New- 
buryport. He d. suddenly at the Exchange Coiree House in Boston, 
where he was called on business, April 21, 1848. He commenceil 
business in Boston as a trader, where he remained till about 1830, 
when he came to Lex. He was a leading popular man in the town, 
filled important town offices, and was a justice of the peace. The 
Lexington railroad is a standing monument of his public spirit and 
energy of character. 

Charles 0., b. in Boston, Aug. 17, 1824. He entered in the navy in 
the late rebellion, Nov. 1861, as secretary to Capt. Pickering, 
U. S. Steamer Kearsarge, was transferred to the steamer Housa- 
tonic. May, 1863, and was killed by the explosion of a torpedo in 
Charleston Harbor, which destroyed the ship, Feb. 18, 1864. 

Susan Elizabeth, b. in Boston, July 21, 1826; d. Sept. 12, 1827. 

Helen Elizabeth, h. in Boston, June 25, 1828; m. Nov. 22,1854, 
Richard F. Hooper of Charlestown. 

Loring W., b. in Lex. Aug. 28, 1831. lie entered the service in 
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to captain and commissary of subsistence, March, 1864— =-and to 
major and commissary of subsistence, July, 18G5. 

David Wood, b. July 10, 1833; m. Dec. 13, 1860, Anna W. Saville, 
dau. of David and Anna Saville. They have one child, viz., Ben- 
jamin, b. Sept. ly, 1866. 

George Eveleth, b. Aug. 4, 1838. He entered the 12th Regt. Mass. 
Vols. 1861, was appointed quartermaster-sergeant 1862, promoted 
to first lieutenant, 1863, and quartermaster, 1864. 

Benjamin Lyman, b. Nov. 14, 1840; d. March 13, 1855. 
'i he three sons living are engaged in business in Boston. 



Charles Muzzy m. Feb. 3, 1827, Sarah Oakes of Maiden. He 
was a trader, and moved to Philadelphia in 1829, and came back to 
West C'amb. in 1834, where he was in trade at the " Foot of the 
Rocks," for several years, when he moved to Charlestown. In 1853, 
his health declining, he came to Lex., in hopes of recovery, but d. 
Aug. 27, 1853. They had but one child, Sarah Elizabeth, h. in 
Phil. June 6, 1834. She ra, in Lex. April 5, 1855, George Tuttle, 
who d. Jan. 27, 1856, within a year of his marriage. 



NASH. — Joseph Nash, of AVeymouth. had among other children 
Joseph, who m. Eunice Ford, and had James, Joseph, Nathaniel, 
Charles, Atherton, and Oran, and several daughters. 

Oran Nash, the youngest son of Joseph and Eunice, b. March 19, 
1805, m. Oct. 12, 1822, Lucy Cushing of Weymouth, dau. of Samuel 
and Elizabeth. They resided in Boston, where all their children but 
the youngest were born. They came to Lex. 1835. They have had 
live children, viz. Emeline Augusta, b. April 11, 1827 ; Elizabeth, b. 
April 7, 1829, d. 1830; Howard A., b. July 18, 1831, ra. Elizabeth 
Sutton, r. at Cincinnati, Ohio ; Eowena, b. Dec. 30, 1833 ; Ellen 
Louisa, b. in Lex. Oct. 20, 1840. 



THE NELSON FAMILY. 

The name of Nelson appears first upon our records in 1722, when 
Tabitha Nelson, wife of Thomas, was ad. to the ch. In 1724, 
Thomas was chosen to a subordinate town office, which shows that 
he was an inhabitant of the town at that time ; in 1730, he had a seat 
assigned in the meeting house, and in 1743, he was constable. He 
resided on the road to Concord, above what is now known as the old 
Viles Tavern, near what was then the line of Concord. When the 
town of Lincoln was created, in 1754, he and others were taken from 
Lex. to constitute that town. The Nelsons of Lincoln are from that 
stock. They were connected by marriage with the Hastings of Lex. 
The children of Thomas and Tabitha were Thomas and Tabitha, 
twins, b. Dec. 19, 1721, and Josiah, bap. in 1726. 

Thomas Nelson first named was b. in Rowley, 1685 ; he was son 
of Thomas, b. in Rowley, 1661 ; who was son of Thomas, b. in Eng., 
who came over with his father, Thomas, in 1638, and settled ia 
Rowley. 



THE NORCROSS FAMILY. 

Jeremiah Norcross, who settled in Wat. as early as 1642, had 
Richard, who by wife Mary had Nathaniel, b. 1665, who m. ISIehita- 
bel Hager, and had a son bearing his own name. This Nathaniel, 



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b. 1695, m. 1717, Jemima Abbott, and had among other children, 
Josiah, h. 1734, m. Jan. 6, 1754, Elizabeth Child. They both died 
1801. They had nine children. John, their sixth child, b. May, 
1771, m. Margaret Everett. He d. 1823, and she d. 1843. They 
had Eliza, b. 1798, d. young; John, b. 1801, d. young; John, b, 
Sept. 28, 1803 ; Anna M., b. 1805, m. John English of Boston. 

John Norcross, son of John and Margaret, m. April 22, 1826, 
Eleanor Estabrook, dau. of Eliakim and Hannah Estabrook. He 
came to Lex. in 1846, and has been to the present day depot-master 
at East Lexington, — a term of service which furnishes the best evi- 
dence of his fitness and fidelity. 

Eleanor M., b. Jan. 13, 1827 ; m, Dec. 14, 1848, James Prentice of 
West Cambridge. 

Eliza J., b. July 27, 1830; m. 1856, Leroy Chappell. 

Samuel T., b. Sept. 5, 1834. He was residing at the West, where 
he had accumulated some property. His health failing, he had 
converted his property into money and started, in a weak and 
enfeebled condition, for home. A villain, who had learned the 
facts in the case, ingratiated himself into his favor, and volunteered 
to become his protector ; and when the train had arrived at a sta- 
tion in Altona, Pa., in the night time, he induced Norcross to leave 
the car and go with him, promising to conduct him to good quar- 
ters for the night ; and when he had enticed him to a place of 
seclusion, he basely murdered him, Jan. 16, 1857. The mui'derer 
was ultimately arrested, tried, and executed. 

John Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1841 ; m. June 6, 1866, Cynthia J. White 
of Medford, where they reside. 



THE NUTTING FAMILY. 

There was a family of Nuttings in Camb. Farms about the time the 
parish was organized. Ebenezer Nutting was taxed in the parish 
in 1693. He and his wife owned the covenant in June, 1699, when 
Jonathan, Lydia, and Sarah, their children, were bap. Ebenezer 
and James, also children of Ebenezer, were bap. May 30, 1703. 
After this the name disappears on our records. 



OVERING.— In 1729, JohnOvering of Boston, bought of William 
Russell of Lex., for £ 308, a tract of fifty-one acres of land, with 
buildings thereon, bounded on land of Jason and Philip Russell and 
Joseph Mason. In 1735 and 1737, he sold lands to Dea. Joseph 
Brown, and in 1738, he bought lands in Lex. of David Coraee. John 
Overing of Lex. was probably a son of John Overing, Esq., of 
Boston. He probably came to Lex. about 1730. He must have 
been a man of some pretension, for in 1735 he was taxed in town 
for three houses, two slaves, three cows, and two horses, besides 
other personal and real estate. He probably left town about 1740. 
We find no records of his family, though he probably had one. We 
have a record of the death of three of the name, who were probably 
his children, or perhaps one of them was his wife. Henry Overing, 
d. Aug, 6, 1738; Henrietta Overing, d. Sept. 13, 1738; George 
Overing, d. Sept. 17, 1738. 



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THE PARKER FAMILY. 

Parker has always been a common name in New England. Emi- 
grants of that name were found in most of the early settlements. 
The oft repeated fiction of three brothers coming over and settling in 
three different towns, will not meet the present case ; for we find 
Abraham and Amariah and Edmund and George and Jacob and 
James and Joseph and Matthew and Nicholas and Robert and 
Thomas and two or more Williams and as many Johns, appearing in 
nearly as many of the different settlements at an early day. This 
name has been common in Reading, Groton, Billerica, Woburn, and 
other towns in this vipnity. But it is believed that the Lexington 
Parkers are the descendants of 

Thomas Parker of Lynn, who was made freeman in 1637. He 
embarked at London, March 11, 16oo, and settled in Lynn the same 
year. He moved to Reading, where he aided in establishing a 
church, of which he was a deacon. He had by his wife, Amy, a 
family of eleven children. He d. 1683, aged 74 years, and conse- 
quently must have been born in 1609. She d. Jan. 15, 1690. 

Thomas, b. 1636; d. June 9, 1699. 

]Hananiah, b. 1638 ; d. March 10, 1724, aged 86. 

John, b. 1640; d Feb. 28, 1699. 5 Joseph, b. 1642, d. 1644. 

Josejjh, b. 1645; d. 1646. 7 Mary, b. March 12, 1647. 

Martha, b. March 14, 1649. 9 Nathaniel, b. May 16, 1651. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1653 ; d. Oct. 16, 1656. 

Jonathan, b. May 18, 1656 ; m. Sept. 24, 1677, Bethia Polly, and 

had fourteen children. 
Sarah, b. May 23, 1658. 



Hananiah Parker m. Sept. 30, 1663, Elizabeth Brown. She 
d. 1698, and he m. second, Mrs. Mary Bright, widow of Dea. John 
of Wat. He d. March 10, 1724 ; she d. Jan. 4, 1736, aged 87. He 
lived and died in Reading, and had the honorable title of Lieutenant. 

\John, b, Aug. 3, 1664 ; m. Deliverance . 

Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1666. 15 Elizabeth, b. June, 1668. 

Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1672; d. Oct. 2, 1673. 
Hananiah, b. Nov. 2, 1674; d. Oct. 2, 1675. 

Ebenezer, h. Feb. 13, 1676 ; m, Rebecca . 

Mary, b. ; m. Poole. 

Hananiah, b. April 30, 1681. 



John Parker m. 1689, Deliverance . They came to Lex. 

about 1712, and settled in the south part of the town. By a deed, 
dated June 25, 1712, John Cutler sold to John Parker, then of 
Reading, land at Camb. Farms, containing " one small mansion 
house and sixty acres of land, bounded southerly on Watertown 
line," elsewhere by Daniel White, John Stone, and Thomas Cutler. 
He was chosen fence viewer in 1714, and tythingman in 1715 and 
1721. He must have been a man of dignity of character; for in 
seating the meeting house, 1731, where they had reference to age, 
honor, and property, they placed him in the second seat below, with 
Ensign John Mason, Thomas Mead, and other highly respectable 
citizens. She d. March 10, 1718, and he d. June 22, 1741, aged 78. 
There is scarcely a prominent family in Lex. whose record in every 
period of its history is so incomplete. This accounts for any inac- 
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nannniah, b. Oct. 10, 1691 ; d. at Port Roval, 1711. 
\Andrcw, b. Feb. 14, 1693; m. Aug. 2, 1720, Sarah Whitney. 
\Josiah, b. April 11, 1694; m. Dec. 8, 1718, Anna Stone, 
Man/, b. Dec. 4, 1695. 
Eddie, b. Aug. 19, 1697 ; d. 1709. 

These births are recorded in Reading, where they occurred, and 
are also found on the Lex. records. 



Andrkw Parker m. Aug. 2, 1720, Sarah Whitney, dau. of 
Josiah Whitney, b. April, 1703. Nov. 4, 1724, they made their 
peace Avith the ch., when three of their children were bap. They 
were ad. to the ch. 1728. She d. Dec. 18, 1774, aged 70, and he d. 
April 8, 1776, aged 83. 

Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1721; m. June 21, 1739, Jabez Kendall. 

■\Jonas, b. Feb. 6, 1722 ; m. Lucy . 

\Amos, b. July 27, 1723 ; m. Anna . 

Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 22, 1725; d. young. 

\ Thomas, bap. Dec. 24, 1727; m. Jane Parrott ofBil. Mar. 8, 1750. 

Abigail, bap. July 27, 1729. 

Lnc;/, bap. April 4, 1731 ; ni. May 24, 1750, Joshua Mead. 

Elizabeth, bap. June 22, 1735. 

\Andreio, bap. April 16, 1738 ; m. Nov. 29, 1759, Abigail Jennison 

of Weston. 
Kezia, bap, June 1, 1740; m. June 1, 1759, Joseph Wyman of 

Lunenburg. 
Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 28, 1742 ; probably d. 1743. 
Mary, bap. Oct. 21, 1744. 



JosiAT* Parker m. Dec. 8, 1718, Anna Stone, dau. of John and 
Rachel (Shepard) Stone. Lieut. Parker, for he was honored with 
that title, was one of the most popular men in the town for a num- 
ber of years. He filled almost every town office. He was an excel- 
lent penman, and filled the office of town clerk four years. He was 
an assessor nineteen years, from 1726 to 1755, with occasional 
intermissions, and was selectman seven years. He d. Oct. 9, 1756, 
aged 62 ; she d. Sept. 8, 1760. They were ad. to the ch. Aug. 
13, 1719. 

Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1719; m. Nov. 6, 1737, Benjamin Smith. 

Deliverance, b. May 28, 1721 ; m. April 7, 1737, Marrett Munroe. 

Mary, b. July 3, 1723. 

\Jos'iah, b. April 11, 1725 ; m. Oct. 27, 1748, Mary Munroe, Weston. 

Lois, b. Aug. 20, 1727; d. July, 1735. 

]John, b. July 13, 1729 ; ra. May 22, 1755, Lydia Moore. 

\Thaddeus, b. Sept. 2, 1731 ; m. May 29, 1759, Mary Reed. 

\joseph, b. Nov. 28, 1733 ; m. July 5, 1759, Eunice Hobbs, Weston. 



Jonas Parker m. Lucy . They made their peace with the 

ch. Sept. 15, 1745. He was one of the first martyrs of freedom who 
fell on the 19th of April, 1775. See History, p. 181 of this volume. 



Nathan, b. 



m. and had Abigail. 



Lucy, bap. Oct. 6, 1745. 

Jonas, bap. March 29, 1747 ; d. young. 

Sarah, bap. Sept. 4, 1748. 

\Jnnas, b. July 10, 1753; m. Aug. 15, 1776, Martha Hosley of Bil. 

Eunice, bap. ; m. June 9, 1772, Asa Morse of Newton. 



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52 I Prudence, bap. April 27, 1757. 

53 Elizabeth, bap. March 18, 1759. 
65 Philemon, b. . 



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Amos Parker m. Anna . They made their peace with the 

ch. Jan. 27, 1745. They probably left town in 1745, as his name 
disappears from the tax bill, lie settled in Shrewsbury, where he 
had a child bap. 1750. They had Amos ; Sarah, b. July 15, 17o0; 
HoUis b. Oct. 2. 1752; Elis'ha, b. Dec. 31, 1754; Ephraim, b. Oct. 
4 1757 ; Frederick, b. May 4, 1762 ; Elizabeth, b. March 29, 1769. 



Thomas Parker m. March 8, 1750, Jane Parrott of Chelmsford. 
They made their peace with the ch. In July, and their first child was 
bap. Aug. 19, 1750. 

^Ebcnezer, bap. Aug. 19, 1750 ; m. Dec. 3, 1772, Dorcas Munroe. 
William ?, bap. Dec. 29, 1751. 58 Mary, bap. July 13, 1760. 

They buried two infant children, probably b. between AVilliara 
and Mary. 



Andrew Parker m. Nov. 29, 1759, Abigail .Jennison of Weston. 
They made their peace with the ch. April 20, 1760. They removed 
about 1763 to Rutland, to the ch. of which place they were dismissed 
May 10, 1765. They had two children b. in Lexington. 



Rhoda, b. June 19, 1760. 



60 Abigail, bap. Feb. 7, 1762. 



JosiAH Parker m. Oct. 27, 1748, Mary Munroe of Weston, dau. 
of Benjamin Munroe, son of the original William of Lex. He must 
have left town about the time of his marriage, as his name disappears 
from the tax bills after that time. 



John Parker m. May 25, 1755, Lydia Moore, dau. of Thomas 
and Mary Moore of Lexington. They were admitted to the church 
Oct. 31, 1756. John Parker was an assessor, 1764, '6o, 06, and 
74 But he was most distinguished for the part he acted at the 
opening of the Revolution. He commanded the company of minute 
men who stood firmly at their post on the 19th of April, 177o when 
ordered to disperse bv the impetuous Pitcairn, backed up, as he was, 
by eight hundred British regulars. He must have been a man ot 
admitted character, to have been selected to command that bpartan 
band, containing, as it did, within its ranks, several veteran soldiers, 
and even officers who had seen service upon the " tented field It 
has been said that he had served In the French war ; but I have tailed 
to find his name upon the rolls. On the Common on that trying 
occasion, he showed great coolness and bravery, ordering his men to 
load their pieces, but not to fire unless fired upon. And in the very 
face of the British regulars, when some of his men seemed to laiter, 
he announced in a firm voice, that he would cause the first man to be 
shot down, who should quit the ranks or leave his post without orders. 
And though eight of his men were killed In the morning, and severa 
were seve^-ely wounded, true to the spirit of freedom, he collected 
his company and marched to meet the enemy on their return Irom 
Concord, and poured a deadly fire into their ranks ^Vhile his 
health was feeble, and the disease which proved fatal in beptem- 
ber of that year, was making a steady inroad upon his constitution, he 
obeyed the calls of patriotism, and marched with a portion of his co. 
to Cambridge on the 6th of May, and with a still larger detachment 
of them on the 17th of June. But though he periormed a uoble part 



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in the opening scene of that glorious struggle, he did not live to wit- 
ness its happy termination. He d. Sept. 17, 1775, aged 46. His 
wid. ra Nov. 5, 1778, Ephraim Pierce of Waltham. 

There are some incidents connected with the character and acts of 
Capt. Parker which deserve mention. We have seen the efforts 
made by the town, in 1774 and 1775, to arm and equip her company 
of minute-men. We have the receipt of Capt. Parker for two drums 
received of the town, which we will give verbatim, with a, facsimile 
of his signature. 

•• Agreeable to the vote of the Town, I have received by the hands 
of the Selectmen the drums provided by the Town for the use of the 
Military Company in this town, until the further order of the town. 



^/k^MJi 



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" Lexington, March 14, 1775." 



There are two muskets, appropriate memorials of Capt. Parker, 
preserved in the State House, the gill of his grandson. Rev. Theodore 
Parker, to the State. On one is inscribed 



*• The First Fire Arm 

Captured in the 
War for Independence ; 



and on the other. 



' This Firearm was used by 

Capt. John Parker 

in the Battle of Lexington, 

April 19th, 

1775." 

These relics were received h\ the State authorities with due cere- 
mony, and are conspicuously displayed in the Senate chamber for 
public view. 

Lydia, b. Nov. 8, 175G ; d. in Rox. about 1810, nnm. 

Anna. b. Jan. 11, 1759; m. March 16, 1780, Ephraim Pierce of 

Waltham. 
\John, b. Feb. 14, 1761; m. Feb. 17, 1785, Hannah Stearns. 
Isaac, b. May 11, 17G3 ; moved to Charlestown, where he d. 
Buth, b. Dec. 7, 1765; m. Nov. 11, 1787, David Bent; moved to 

Nova Scotia. 
Rebecca, b. June 28, 1768 ; m. Peter Clarke of Wat. 
\Robert, b. April 15, 1771 ; m. Oct. 22, 17b4, Elizabeth Simonds. 



Thaodeus Parker m. May 27, 1759, Mary Reed, dau. of Wil- 
liam and Abigail (Stone) Reed. He d. Feb. 10, 1789, aged 58 ; 
she d. Oct. 9, 1811, aged 73. She had the severe affliction of bury- 
ing her husband and four children, in the short period of about 
eighteen months. Tliaddeus Parker was one of the selectmen, 1770, 
'71, '73, '77, — a period when the most important duties were devolved 
upon that board. He was a member of the Lex. co. which stood 
undismayed before the British on the 19th of April, 1775, and was 
subsequently in the service eight months. 

A child born and died 1759. 

Martj, b. Sept. 26, 1760; d. June 3, 1787. 

barah, b. Aug. 24, 1762 ; d. Feb. 2, 1789. 



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Betty, b. Aug. 28, 1764; d. Aug. 27, 1788. 
Thaddeus, b. July 10, 1767 ; d. June U, 1789. 
Josiah, h. Sept. 19, 1770. 



Joseph Parker m. July 5, 1759, Eunice Hobbs of Weston. 
After the birth of their first child, in 1760, they settled in Line. As 
most of their children were bap. in Lex. we will give their birth. 

Susanna, h. Dec. 31, 1760. 75 Levi, b. April 16, 1762. 

Lois, h. Oct. 4, 1763. 77 Aa7'on, b. Dec. 5, 1765. 

JosepJi, b. Nov. 17, 1767. 79 Jonathan, b. Oct. 17, 1769. 

EUsha, b. Dec. 9, 1772 ; d. in 1773. 

S;, (*--• b- Sept. 10. 1775. 



Jonas Parker m. Aug. 15, 1776, Martha Hosley of Bill. They 
were ad. to the ch. Feb. 28, 1779. He d. July l4, 1783, and Martha 
his wid. administered on his estate. 



Patty, bap. May 16, 1779. 
John H., bap. Nov. 26, 1780. 



84 Betty, bap. May 16, 1779. 
86 Jonas, bap. March 2, 1783. 



Ebenezer Parker m. Dec. 3, 1772, Dorcas Munroe. He was a 
corporal in Capt. Parker's co. and was with them on the 19th of 
April, the 6th of May, and the 17th of June, 1775. He and his 
wife were dismissed to the ch. in Princeton, Nov. 9, 1788. They 
had three children bap. in Lex. viz. Abijah, bap. May 30, 1773; 
Quincy, bap. April 30, 1775; Lticy, bap. July 22, 1781. 

woiiN Parker m. Feb. 7, 1784, Hannah Stearns, dau. of Benja- 
min and Hannah (Seger) Stearns, b. May 21, 1764. He d. Nov. 3, 
1835, aged 74 ; she d. May 15, 1823, aged 59. 

Mary, b. April 11, 1785 ; m. about 1816, Samuel Green, as his second 
wife, — he being the widower of her sister Hannah. She d. 1631. 

John, b. Oct. 12, 1786, m. Maria Green of West Camb. 

Lydia, b. April 2, 1789; d. April 25. 1791. 

Hannah, b. March 15, 1791; m, March 25, 1811, Samuel Green of 
Brighton. She d. Dec. 1, lbl5, in Vt., and hem. her sister Mary. 

Lydia, b. July 1, 1793 ; m Isaac Herrick of Brighton and d. 1837. 

Rebecca, b. Dec. lu. 1795; d. Feb. 15, 1812, unm. 

\lsaac, b. Nov. 5, 1798 ; m. 1829, Martha M. Miller. 

Ruth, b. Nov. 12, 1800; d. Dec. 27, 1812. 

Hiram 8., b. Jan. 16, 1803; m. Nancy Leavitt of N. H. 

Emily Ann, b. May 11, 18u6 ; m. Charles IMiller of Soraerville. 

\Theodore, b. Aug. 24, 1810; m. Lydia D. Cabot in 1837. 



Robert Parker m. Oct. 22. 1794. Elizabeth Simonds, dau. of 
Joshua and Martha (Bowers) Simonds, b. July 4, 1772. He d. 
Dec. 31, 1840, aged 70. She d. April 11, 1849, aged 77. 

Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1794; m. April 11, 1822, Isaac W. Lawrence of 
West Camb. They have had four children. 

Josiah, b. July 6, 1798 ; d. Dec. 25, 1840, unm. 

Thomas, b. March 16, 1800 ; d. April 30, 1800. 

Eliza Eleanor, b, Sept. 20, 1804; m. April 12, 1829, Nathan Rob- 
bins of West Camb. They have had seven children. 

Almira, b Aug. hU, 1806; m. Oct. 1, 1837, Joshua Robbins of 
West Camb. They have had three children. 
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Jonathan Simonds, b. Aug. 8, 1808; d. Feb. 13, 1813. 

^Jonathan Simonds, b. July 30, 1812 ; m. Dec. 29, 1835, Abigail 

Tattle, 
William Bowers, b. Jan. 13, 1817; m. Nov. 30, 1843, Elizabeth 

Garfield. He settled in Charlestown, and has had seven children. 



Isaac Parker m. 1829, Martha M Miller, b. June 28, 1801, in 
Hillsborough, N. H. They settled in Waltham, but came to Lex. in 
1832, and took up their abode on the old Parker Place in the south 
part of the town. Their first two children were born in Waltham. 

Isaac Moore, b. Nov. 10, 1829. 

Martha Ann, b. .June 16, 1831; ra. Oct. 28, 1855, William W. 

Durgee of York, Pa. 
Frances Maria, b. Jan. 21, 1833. 
Charles M., b. Feb. 15, 1835. He enlisted for three years and 

served in the 2-lth Reg. Mass. Vols, in the late war. 
James Theodore, b. Sept. 18, 1837 ; d. April 2, 1838. 
Emily R., b. April 7, 1839 ; d. Aug. 6, 1858. 
Theodore James, b. April 21, 1841. 
George E., b. Jan. 2, 1843 ; d. Oct. 6, 1857. 



Theodore Parker m. April 20, 1837, Lydia D. Cabot of Boston, 
dau. of John and Lydia (Dodge) Cabot, b. Sept. 12, 1813. They 
had no children. In 1830 he entered H. C, but owing to his limited 
pecuniary means, he was not able to incur the expense of a life at 
the college, but remained at home pursuing his studies through the 
winter, and then engaged himself as a teacher. Not residing at the 
college and attending the daily exercises, he did not take his degree ; 
though in 1840 he received fiom the University the honorary degree 
of A. M. Our limits will not permit us to give in detail the events 
of his laborious life. It is sufficient to say, that he raised himself to 
great distinction by his own unassisted industry and force of charac- 
ter. Without the usual advantages enjoyed by those who are des- 
tined to a literary life, by persevering industry he overcame all 
these disadvantages, and became a man of vast acquirements, pro- 
cured and mastered an extensive library, and died in the midst of 
life with a reputation wiiich few men ever acquire. 

Giving his mind to religious subjects, he entered the theological 
school at Cambridge in 1834, and after graduating, he was first 
settled at West Roxbury, and subsequently became pastor of the 
Twenty-eighth Congregational Society which worshiped at Music Hall 
in Boston. By that incessant labor, which few constitutions can 
endure, he became somewhat enfeebled, and a hemorrhage from the 
lungs required him to suspend all labor. By the advice of his physi- 
cian, and the entreaty of friends, he was induced to seek a more 
genial climate. In February, 1859, he embarked for the West Indies, 
where he remained for a time, when he sailed for the south of Europe. 
But neither medical skill, nor the balmy air of Italy, could stay the 
ravages of disease, and he d. at Florence, May 10, 1860. He was 
buried in a little Protestant cemetery outside the city walls. The 
grave is inclosed by a border of gray marble, and at the head is a 
plain stone of the same material, with this inscription: 

Theodore Parker, 

Born at Lexington, Mass., 

United States of America, 

Aug. 24, 1810. 

Died at Florence, May 10, 1860. 



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The unsparing censure which has been heaped, and the unlimited 
praise which has been bestowed upon Mr. Parker, will justify us in 
saying a few words upon his character. The leading characteristic 
of the man was his thirst for hwicledge. This manifested itself in 
his persistant industry from his boyhood to the day of his death. 
His love of books became almost a passion, and he made himself 
acquainted with various languages, that he might read the best 
authors in their native tongue. Few men under the circumstances 
in which he was placed, have ever performed more labor, or accom- 
plished as much. His moral character, as seen by the world, was 
above reproach. But to judge the man aright, we must look beneath 
the surface, and see the motives by which he was actuated. And 
here we find a stern sense of justice tempered with mercy, a strong 
love for the poor and down-trodden, and a warm sympathy for hu- 
manity, for whose elevation he was ready to spend, and be spent. 
And though he sometimes indulged in bitter denunciation, too com- 
mon among reformers, we shall generally find that it was prompted 
by a strong sense of wrong or injustice committed against those he 
was laboring to elevate and improve. 

But it is with reference to his religious character that the people 
have been most divided. Though it is not the object of this work to 
decide upon matters of faith, we will glance at this subject with that 
freedom which Mr. Parker himself always exercised, and with such a 
spirit as he, if pi'esent, would approve. Born of a pious and devout 
mother, whose instructions sank deep into his tender heart, and liv- 
ing under the influences of religious institutions founded upon the 
bmad basis of dirine revelation, he early imbibed enlightened views 
of the character of our Heavenly Father, and of our duty to love and 
adore him. These views he cherished through life ; so that we can 
with justice pronounce him not only a moral but a devout man. But 
though we can endorse his moral and religious character, we are con- 
strained to express our conviction that this character was the result 
of his early training and the natural goodness of his heart, rather 
than of his theological speculations. He was moral and devout in 
sy)ite of his theory. This impression is strengthened by the fact that 
very many of those who embrace his speculations have but little sym- 
pathy with that devout spirit by which he was actuated. 

Tiiat he was a man of extraordinary intellectual powers, all must 
admit. He had a keen perception of the evils which existed in 
society, but like mftny reformers had not constructive powers suffi- 
cient to supply the remedy. So in matters of faith, he could point 
out with a master's hand the incongruities of existing systems, but 
has never, as far as we can learn, been able to present a clear and 
well defined system of his own. We do not mean tliat he had no belief. 
He had certain doctrines which he inculcated with earnestness and in 
sincerity. But he has never, we believe, combined them so as to 
make a complete system, — one harmonious whole. 

Thus much it seemed proper to say concerning one of the most 
distinguished men to whom Lexington has ever given birth. Mr. 
Parker has left a large number of ardent and devoted friends. They 
have erected a memorial stone in Lexington to his memory, on the 
spot where stood the old house in which he was born. The stone is 
of Concord granite, finished on all sides, three feet square, and three 
and a half feet high, resting on a base four fieet square and one foot 
high. On the front face, in raised letters, is the simple inscription, 

BikthPlace 

of 

THEODORE PARKER. 

• 1810. 



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TIu' farm lias been in possession of the Parker family since 1712. 
The following enfrraving shows the house in whit-h he was born, and 
the ohl belfry buildinn; which stood on the Common on the site of 
the j)resent nionnment, in 177o, from which went forth those peals 
of alarm which called the patriots to arms on the morning of the 19th 
of April. The old bellry was procured by the lamily and removed 
to the Parker Place, where it is now standing. 




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Jonathan S. Parkkr ra. Dec. 29, 1835, Abigail Tuttle, dau. of 
David Tuttle. He d. July 5, 1859, and she d. April 4, I860. He 
was captain of the Lex. artillery, and filled the most important town 
offices, — was treasurer five years, assessor four years, and selectman 
three years. 

John Hennj, h. Sept. 16, 18.36; d. Sept. 12, 18.55. 

Elizabeth S., h. Sept. 30, 1838. 116 Esther T., b. Feb. 21, 1842, 

Abhy M., b. April 23, 1847. 

Oeorgiana T., b. Oct. 12, 1849. 

Emma Frances, b. April 8, 1853. 120 ^ZZen^enr?/, b. June 28, 1858. 



There was an Obadiati Parkkr in town for a few years, who by 
his wife, Ilepzibah, had at least two childen b, in Lex. Almira, b. 
April 16, 1802, d. Nov. 14, 1802; Almira, b. Nov. 9, 1803. He 
appears to have been a man of considerable talents. He was ap- 
pointed to pronounce an eulogy on Washington in 1800, whose 
death was noticed with appropriate solemnities. He opened a private 
school in Lex., which was quite popular. He visited New York, 
where for misconduct he found employment quite different from that 
of teaching the young. 




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Jamks Parker, another school-teacher, m. in Lex. Nov. 2, 1842» 
Adaline Reed, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth (Munroe) Reed, b. Jan. 
10, 1812. He settled in Lex. They have one child, James Emery, 
b. Aug. 30, 1845. 



PARKHURST.— John Parkhurst of Lex. m. Sept. 15, 1763, 
Elizabeth Bowers ofBillerica. He carae to Lex. from Chelmsford, 
and was probably a descendant of Joseph Parkhurst, of that town, 
who had Josejjh, b. 1G61, and perhaps other sons. He was in the 
campaign of White Plains in 1776. He Avas selectman, 1791. He 
resided on the Concord road, and built the house occupied by the 
late Col. John Parkhurst Merriam. He had no children. He d. 
July 2, 1812. His will, dated June 4, 1812, mentions wife Elizabeth, 
John White of Gardner. John Muzzey, and John P. Merriam, John 
Peake Hunt of JafFrey, N. II., brother Jonathan, and sisters Hannah 
Parker, Mary Colburn, and Elizabeth Baldwin. His wid. d. July 
9, 1822, aged 83 years. 



PEAKE. — Jonas Stone in 1754, gave notice as then required by 
law, that Philip Peake, a child from Boston, came to Lexington to 
reside in his family. There were other Peakes in town, but I know 
not their origin. 

John Peake m. March 21, 1776, Hitty Hastings. They were 
ad. to the ch. Nov. 29, 1778. Their first child b. and d. 1777. 
Mary, bap. Jan. 17, 1779; Jolm, bap. July 1, 1781; Thomas, bap. 
Dec. 28, 1783; Sarah, bap. June 3, 1787; Hannah, bap. Dec. 26, 
1790 ; Philip, bap. April 22, ITQi.— Philip d. at the age of 24. Mary 
ra. Isaac Childs ; Johii m. and moved to Sudbury ; barah m. Nathan 
Priest of Jaffrey, N. H. Thomas m. Elizabeth ; r. Vt. 

Joseph Mason m. Oct. 19, 1769, Elizabeth Peake, who was ad. to 
the ch, Oct. 13, 1765. 



PENNY.— David Penny and Sally Smith, both of Lex., were m. 
Sept. 30, 1779. They had Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1780; Polly, b. Feb. 
20, 1782, d. Feb. 23, 1782; Jonathan, b. March 12, 1783, d. Dec. 
5, 1783 ; Polly, b. Nov. 12, 1785, d. 1829 ; David, b. March 25, 
1788, m. May 12, 1822, Mary F. Sherman, she d. 1852; Isaac, b. 
July 20, 1790, d. 1809; Samuel C, b. Dec. 13, 1793; Hannah, b. 
May 14, 1795, d. Feb. 21, 1860. David, sen., d. Jan. 1830. The 
absence of a record will prevent any fuller account of this family. 



PERRY. — This name appears upon our records at different pe- 
riods, and yet we are not able to give a connected view of the fami- 
lies. John Perry, by his wife, Deborah, had the following children : 
John, b. Dec. 19, 1720; Thomas, b. Dec. 19, 1722; Joseph, b. Oct. 
3, 1724; Millicent, b. May 10, 1726; Ebenczer a.nd Jonathan, twins, 
b. July 17, 1728, Jonathan m. Jan. 27, 1760, Mary Blodgett : Thad- 
deus, b. Dec. 26, 1730; Abigail, b. Aug. 10, 1735, m. Nov. 20, 
1754, Abel Fox of Billerica. Deborah was ad. to the ch. June 29, 
1735, and d. May 22, 1736. Thomas Perry was in the French war 
from Lex. in 1759 and 1762. 

The name, which had faded out from the records, appeared again 
about 1800. Nathan Perry by his wife, Sally, had Sullivan B., 
b. Feb. 1802; Mary, b. Oct. l', 1803; Sally, b. Aug. 30, 1804; 
Abijah H., b. Dec. 19, 1806; Thomas W., b. May 1, 1808, d. Nov. 
9, 1821; Nahum S., b. March 28, 1810. 



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THE PHELPS FAMILY. 

The early history of this family is but imperfectly known to us. 

Jonathan Phelps came to this country early in the eighteenth 
century, and landed in Newport, R. I. From thence he came to 
Reading, Mass., where he reared a family of children. One of them 
(name unknown) came first to Beverly, and then to Salem, where 
he d. Dec. 1799, aged about 92. He had three sons, Jonathan, 
Henry, and William, and several daughters. 



Henry Phelps was a shipmaster, from the port of Salem, and 
was lost at sea, 1786. He m. and had children. 



Henry Phelps, son of the preceding, having bodily infirmities, 
which disqualified him from following his father's profession, fitted 
for college and entered Harvard, where he was graduated, 1788. 
He studied medicine, and settled in 1799, at Gloucester, as an apo- 
thecary and physician. He m. Mary Forbes, dau. of Peter Coffin, 
Esq., of Gloucester. He d. Feb. 18, 1852, aged 86, and hence was 
b. 1766. He acquired some practice as a doctor, but soon abandoned 
that branch of his business. He was many years postmaster, and 
the principal acting magistrate in the town. He continued to keep 
his shop till he was about eighty years of age. He had three wives 
and several children. 



William Dane Phelps, son of the foregoing, was b. at Glou- 
cester, Feb. 14, 1802 ; m. Mary Ann Gushing, daii. of Henry Gushing 
of Boston. Shed. Dec. 16, 1831, and he m. May 18, 1834, Lusan- 
na T., dau. of Josiah and Sally (Wellington) Bryant of Lex. He 
came to Lex. to reside about the time of his second marriage. 

His profession has been that of a mariner. He commenced early 
as a cabin-boy, and has worked his way through the different grades 
to master— making many voyages to Europe and the Levant, around 
Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, in command of some of the 
finest ships of the times. He was wrecked once while a boy at the 
Cape of Good Hope, and once when captain at the entrance of Ply- 
mouth Harbor in the winter of 1836 ; which was one of the most 
distressing shipwrecks known for many years on our coast. The 
cold was intense, and the ship was unmanageable in consequence of 
the ice which accumulated upon her. Part of the crew perished by 
the cold, and those who were saved were badly bruised and frozen. 
In one of his early voyages, when he was before the mast, he was 
left with seven others on a desert island in the Indian Ocean to pro- 
cure a cargo of sea elephant oil, and fur seal skins — the captain 
promising to return for them in nine months. But actuated probably 
by that thirst of gain which stifles every feeling of humanity, and 
believing that they could not subsist after the provision left with them 
was exhausted, and as the island was very rarely visited by voyagers, 
he thought he might touch there at a future day, and take his oil and 
furs without being troul)led by having any men to pay off. But on 
his return twenty-eight months alter, he found not only a full cargo 
of oil and furs, but his eight men all living. The island being in a 
hio'h latitude, it was cold and desolate, not a tree or shrub sprang 
from its inhospitable bosom ; and consecpiently these poor dwellers 
thereon had no fuel of the ordinary kind, but were compelled to 
burn the blubber of the sea elephant. The interior of the island was 
composed of barren volcanic ridges, but the shores abounded with 
sea fowl, penguin, and marine animals. Their nine months' provi- 
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subsisted upon what the shore afforded, fish and fowls and their eg<»s. 
For clothing they supplied themselves with fur skins, and for shelter 
they sought the " caves and dens of the earth." After twenty-eight 
months, their unprincipled captain arrived— his being the first vessel 
which had been in sight for the whole period. He took his cargo ai\d 
the men, who were glad to leave that inclement island. The subse- 
quent conduct of this brutal captain, fully justified the suspicion that 
he had hoped that they had all perished before his return. 

During this voyage, which to young Phelps was extended to more 
than six years, he, by the force of circumstances, left the ship, and 
was obliged to take service under the flags of various nations, visiting 
most of the parts of the Pacific, and the then known parts of Aus- 
tralia and Van Dieman's land, and returned home by way of Cape 
Horn in 1823, in good health, with considerable experience, but 
with empty pockets. 

In 1840, in command of a large ship, he commenced a series of 
trading voyages to California, remaining there till he had disposed of 
his cargo and procured a cargo of hides. These voyages were gen- 
erally of about three years' duration. San Francisco was then 
called Yerba Buena, and consisted of only three houses, where the 
famous city now stands. At that time the River Sacramento had 
never been visited from the sea, and Capt. Phelps with two of his 
boats and a part of his crew explored it about one hundred miles, 
and displayed the Stars and Stripes for the first time upon its placid 
waters. On his third voyage, the country was disturbed^ by the 
Mexican War, and being upon the coast he co-operated with Stockton 
and Fremont in various ways, and so contributed sometliing to our 
gaining possession of the country. He visited the mines twice, 
handled some of the first specimens of gold, and returned home by 
the way of Panama, bringing some of the first specimens of gold, 
and reliable information "^in relation to the mines. The last voyage 
he performed was to California, the Sandwich Islands and China, and 
returned to New York in 1857. He has spent about forty years in 
a sea life, twenty-six of them in command of a ship. During that 
time, with one exception already mentioned, no Insurance Ofl^ce has 
ever'paid a dollar for damage to bis ships or cargo ; and with the 
same exception, he never lost a man by sickness or accident, until 
the last voyage, when two died of disease in China. 

From this brief sketch, it will be seen that Capt. Phelps's life has 
been active and eventful. With no small degree of truth, we can 
say of him in the language of Campbell, 

" His march was o'er the mountain wave, 
His home was on the deep." 

Lusanna, h. Nov. 18, 1836. ^, , r^ ^ j • 

Alice D., b. Oct. 18, 1838; m. Oct. 15, 1862, Charles C. Goodwin 

of Charlestown. They reside in Lex. and have one child, viz. 

George C, b. Nov. 2-4, 1863. 
Edwin Buckingham, b. April 14, 1845; d. Sept. 9, 1849. 



THE PHINNEY FAMILY. 

Benjamin Phinney, the first of the name in Lex., came into the 
town, 1787, from Granville, Nova Scotia. We have not been able 
to learn his birth or parentage. He and his wife, Susanna, were ad. 
to the ch. in Falmouth, Mass., May 10, 1772 ; at the same time two 
of their children, Chloe and Josiah, were bap. In Aug. 1774, their 
dau. Susanna was baptized ; and they were dismissed from the Fal- 



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mouth church to the united church of Annapolis and Granville, Nova 
Scotia. The Lexington church records, Oct. 14, 1787, recognize the 
fact of their recommendation from Falmouth to Nova Scotia, " from 
thence they came to reside in this town, and requested ch. privileges 
with us." He d. ISl.'i, aged 99, and hence must have been b. about 
1744. She d. June 16, 1829. 



Patience, b. 



m. Sept. 25, 1809, Eli Green of Boston. 



Chloe, bap. May 10, 1772; m. May 21, 1794, John Stearns of Walt. 

Josiah, bap. May 10, 1772. 

Susanna, bap. May 10, 1774 ; m. May 22, 1794, Peleg Stearns, Walt. 

Joseph, b. ; was drowned. 

Theodore, b. ; m. Ann Barrett in Cuba. 

\Elias, b. in Nova Scotia, 1780 ; m. June 6, 1809, Catharine Bartlett. 
Benjamin, bap. Oct. 14, 1787; d. Oct. 16, 1791. 
Deidama, bap. Aug. 20, 1788; m. Barnabas Fales of Washington 
city and d. soon after. 



Elias Phinney m. June 6, 1809, Catharine Bartlett, dau. of Dr. 
Josiah and Elizabeth (Call) Bartlett of Charlestown. He grad. H. 
C. 1801, read law, and commenced practice in Thomaston, Me. 
He afterwards removed to Charlestown, where he had an office. 
Having a taste for rural life, he came to Lex. in 1823, where he d. 
July 24, 1849, aged 69. His wid. d. Aug. 2, 1864, aged 78. He 
was a prominent man in the town and county, was for many years 
clerk of the courts for the county of Middlesex, which office he held 
at the time of his death. He was highly distinguished as an agricul- 
turalist, being for many years a trustee of the State Agricultural 
Society. His farm in the south part of the town was brought by him 
to a high state of cultivation, and the farm, fruit trees, and stock 
attracted visitors from a great distance ; so that his scientific and 
practical knowledge of husbandry exerted a wide influence over those 
engaged in that department of human industry. In 1825, he pub- 
lished an interesting account of the Battle of Lexington, in which he 
vindicated with great ability the claims of the town of Lexington 
against certain pretensions set up by a few indiscreet men of Concord. 

Josiah B., b. April 1, 1810; m. Lucretia Beckford of Charlestown. 
He moved to Cuba, where they resided twelve or fifteen years, 
when he returned to the United States and settled in Illinois. He 
had two sons, one of whom is living. 

Susan M., b. Sept. 30, 1812; m. Dec. 19, 1833, Isaac H. Spring. 
He resided in Boston, where he d. April 7, 1864. They had four 
daughters. 

Catharine B., b. April 2, 1814 ; m. in 1837, Thomas Goodall. They 
resided in Vicksburg, Miss. He d. and she is now residing in 
Chicago. They had four children. 

Elizabeth B., b. Dec. 29, 1816; m. Sept. 30, 1841, A. H. Nelson, 
who was a prominent member of the bar, and was raised to a 
judgeship. They resided first in Concord, and afterward in Wo., 
where he d. 1857. 

Mary P., b. Feb. 2, 1818 ; m. May 1, 1858, G. A. Olnhausen. He 
d. Sept. 7, 1860. They resided in Manchester, N. H. Mrs. Oln- 
hausen is a lady of great perseverance and force of character. 
After the death of her husband she returned to her friends, and 
on the breaking out of the Rebellion her sympathies were turned 
to the sick and wounded soldiers, who had left the comforts of 
home to sustain the liberties of the country. Her active sense of 
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to overthrow them ; and her just appreciation of the devotion of 
the gallant men who had voluntarily taken their lives in their 
hands, and gone forth amidst the dangers of the field and the 
diseases of the camp, to uphold the government of our choice, 
prompted her to offer her services to her country. In August, 
1862, she entered upon her duty as a hospital nurse, and served 
first at the Mansion House at Alexandria, from thence she was 
transferred to Morehead City, then to Beaufort, and at last to 
Smithville, N. C. Having entered for the war, she remained in 
the United States' service till 1865. She was associated with that 
well known philanthropist. Miss Dix ; and being a regular nurse 
in the service, she was subject to the orders of the hospital depart- 
ment, or else she would have followed her inclination, and gone to 
the front, where she would have seen more of suffering, and where 
she believed, she could have been more useful. Mrs. Olnhausen 
acquired a high reputation at the hospitals as an active, skillful, 
and self-sacrificing nurse — always cool and collected, she devoted 
herself assiduously to the wants of her patients. By her kindness 
and fidelity she won the respect and esteem of all committed to her 
care. Many a poor sick or wounded soldier, far from the comforts 
and endearments of home, has found in her the care and watchful- 
ness of a faithful mother, and the kindness and sympathy of an 
affectionate sister. We naturally extol the heroism of the gallant 
soldier who promptly faces danger on the field of battle ; but it 
requires as much moral courage, as much self-sacrifice to brave the 
diseases of the hospitals, as it does to face the enemy in the field. 
Much praise is due to Mrs Olnhausen. 

Jane, b Oct. 3, 1820. 

Charlotte B., b. July 17, 1822; m. April, 1842, Rev. William G. 
Swett, who was settled as a minister in Lexington. She had one 
dau. C. B. W. G. Swett, b. Feb. 8, 1843. He d. Feb. 15, 1843, 
and she m. June 1, 1863, Francis K. Simonds. They have two 
children. 

George P., b. Jan. 24, 1824; m. Kate Richardson of Woburn. He 
resides in Illinois, and has six children. She d. May, 1867. 

Alice B., b. Nov. 9, 1826; m. May 23, 1854, James S. Munroe ; 
they reside in Lexington. 

B. Frank, b, Jan. 2s, 1829. He was a mariner — having entered on 
ship-board as a cabin boy, he passed through the difi'erent stages 
to that of captain. He d. in Brazil, 1855. 

THE PIERCE FAMILY. 

The Pierces (frequently spelt Peirce.) came to the country early, 
and settled in that great hive of emigrants, Watertown. It is some- 
what difficult to trace the genealogy of the family, as they are quite 
numerous, and are scattered through several towns. There is also 
danger of confounding the Watertown families with the descendants 
of Robert Pierce, who settled at Dorchester as early as 1630. 

John Pierce, a weaver of Wat. was ad. freeman March, 1638. 
He died, Aug. 19, 1661. His wid. Elizabeth, in her will dated March 
5, and proved April 2, 1667, makes mention of sons Anthony, Robert 
and John, and dau. Esther Morse, and Mary Coldam. It is proba- 
ble that Robert settled in Wo. where he d. Sept. 10,. 1706, leaving a 
family of children. 

Anthony Pierce, b. in England, 1609, and ad. freeman Sept, 3, 
1634, was the ancestor of all or nearly all the families bearing that 
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name in the towns of Wat., Waltham, Weston, Lincoln, and Lex. He 

m. first, Sarah ; ra. second, about 1638, Anne . He 

d. May 9, 1678. His wid. d. Jan. 20, 1683. 



Jolin, b. 



m. Ruth, dau. of Nathaniel Bishop. He d. with- 



out issue, and his wid. m. William Fuller. 
Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1633 ; d. young. 
Mary, b. 1636 ; m. Ralph Reed, son of William and Mabel Reed of 

Woburn. 
Jacob, b. Sept. 15, 1637 ; was living in 1683. 

]Daniel, b. Jan. 1, 1640; m. Elizabeth . 

Martha, b. April 24, 1641. 

^Joseph, b. ; ad. freeman April 18, 1690. 

Benjamin, b. 1649; m. Jan. 15, 1677, Hannah Brooks of Concord. 
Judith, b. July 18, 1650; m. Feb. 1677, John Sawin. 



Daniel Pierce m. Elizabeth 



b. 1642. He settled in 



Groton, where he had five children b. He returned to Wat. about 
1681. He o. c. Jan. 16, 1687, when his wife and three children were 
baptized. 

Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1665; m. in Wat. Oct. 17, 1684, Isaac Mixer. 

Danid, b. Nov. 28, 1666; ra. Abigail , and lived in Groton. 

John, b. Aug. 18, 1668. 15 Ephraim, b. Oct. 15, 1673. 

Josiah, b. May 2, 1675. 

\Joseph,\). ; mentioned in the will of sister Elizabeth. 

Abigail, b. Jan. 3, 1682. 19 Hannah, bap. Jan. 16, 1687. 

Benjamin, bap. Jan. 16, 1687. 



Joseph Pierce m. IMartha 



She d. and he m. June 15, 



1698, Mrs. Elizabeth Winship, wid. of Ephraim Winship of Camb. 
Farms. 

\ Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1669 ; was thrice m. 

Francis, b. July 27, 1671; lived in Weston, d. April 22, 1728. 

]John, h. May 27, 1673 ; m. Nov. 5, 1702, Elizabeth Smith. 

Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1674. 

Benjamin, b. March 25, 1677. 

Jacob, b. Dec. 25, 1678 ; m. Nov. 13, 1702, Hannah Lewis, and d. 

1740. 
Martha, b. Dec. 24, 1681 ; m. May 17, 1706, William Whitney. 
Stejyheii, h. Oct. 1683; m. 1780, Abigail Bemis, lived in Weston. 
Israel, b. Oct. 7, 1685; m. Jan. 14, 1718, Sarah Holland. He 

moved to Camb. in 1721. 
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 9, 1687 ; m. Oct. 15, 1706, Joseph Bemis. 



JosKPH Pierce of Wat. m. Dec. 30, 1698, Mary Warren. 
was selectman iu Waltham, 1738, '39, '42. 



He 



]rsaac, h. Sept. 19, 1700. 
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1704. 
Lydia, h. March 11, 1707. 
Grace, h. April 27, 1711. 
Lois, b. Jan. 21, 171G. 



32 Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1703. 
34 Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1705. 
36 Eunice, b. Feb. 11, 1709. 
38 Prudence, b. Aug. 2, 1713. 
40 Ruhamah, b. Jan. 12, 1718. 



Joseph Pierce m. May 20, 1688, Ruth Holland. She d. and he 
m. about 1692, Hannah Munroe, dau. of William Munroe of Camb. 
Farms, the ancestor of all the Munroes in Lex. and the vicinity. 
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ad. Sept. 28, 1701. What time he came into the Precinct is uncer- 
tain ; probably about 1700, as he had a child bap. 1699, and united 
with the ch. in 1701. He was a subscriber for the purchase of the 
Common in 1711, and filled the dignified office of tythingraan in 1717. 
His wife Hannah d. and he m. third, Beriah, wid. of Daniel Child. 
He d. Mar. 13, 1753, and his wid. m. John Whitney of Westford. 



-, moved to Lincoln. 



^Joseph, b. Feb. 5, 1694 ; m. Abigail — 
} George, b. Feb. 2, 1696; m. Hannah - 

Wohn, b. Mar. 11, 1699; m. Rachel . 

Martha, b June 2, 1702. 

Mary, b. March 28, 1705 ; m. June 24, 1725, Thomas Fiske. 

i William, b. July 10, 1707 ; m. Abigail . 

Ruth, b. April 8, 1710. 

David, b. April 16, 1713 ; m. May 29, 1734, Sarah Piper of Con. 



John Pierce m. Elizabeth Smith. She d. Sept. 20, 1747. They 
were m. Nov. 6, 1702. 

John, b. Sept. 1, 1703; m. Rebecca 



\Jonas, b. Dec. 20, 1705 ; m. Jan. 4, 1728, Abigail Coraee of Lex. 
Ezekiel, b. March 7, 1709; m. Nov. 17, 1731, Mercy Wellington of 

Watertown. 
Samuel, b. July 3, 1712. 53 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 3, 1716. 

Daniel, b. Oct. 21, 1719; m. Martha . 

Jonathan, b. Sept. 28, 1724. 



Isaac Pierce m. Sept. 7, 1722, Susanna Bemis. They resided in 
Waltham. 

Josia?t, b. Feb. 13, 1723 ; m. March 14, 1744, Sarah Gale. 
Joseph, b. Nov. 23, 1724; m. June 2, 1748, Ruth White. 
Abijah, b. May 23, 1727 ; m. Thankful Brown, lived in Lincoln. 
\Ephraim, b. Aug. 12, 1729. 60 Susanna, b. May 22, 1732. 

Maty, h. June 22, 1735; m. April 22, 1757, Moses Harrington. 
Isaac, b. March 24, 1739 ; m. 1764, Hannah Mason. He had a 

family of twelve children, the youngest of whom was Cyrus, b. 

Aug. 1, 1790; grad. at H. C. 1810; m. Sally Coffin, has no issue. 

He was the first teacher of the first Normal school in Massachusetts, 

which was established in Lexington. He d. 1860. 



Joseph Pierce, m. Abigail . He d. Feb. 12, 1737. He 

resided in Lex. He appears to have been the only male of the 
family which remained permanently in Lexington. 



Ebenezer, b. Sept. 13, 1715. 
Joseph, b. Feb. 3, 1719. 



64 Jonas, b. Oct. 15, 1717. 



George Pierce m. Hannah . They were ad. to the ch. in 

Lex. May 28, 1738. They moved to Line, though several of their 
children were bap. in Lex. They had nine children. 



John Pierce m. Rachel 



He must have left Lex. as he 



was not taxed in town in 1729, or after that time. 

Anthony, b. Sept. 13, 1720. 67 John, b. Feb. 11, 1722. 

Lucy, b. Jan. 28, 1728. 



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William Pierce m. Abigail . He was ad. to the ch. in Lex. 

June 29, 1733. He probably left Lex., as his name does not appear 
on the tax bills after 1735. 



Abigail, b. May 7, 1729. 
Abner, bap. Jan. 6, 1733. 
Phebe ?, bap. Aug. 21, 1737. 



70 Bridget, b. Oct. 23, 1730. 
72 Zebulon, bap. Dec. 15, 1734. 



Jonas Pierce m. Jan. 4, 1728, Abigail Comee of Lex., dau. of 
John and Martha (Munroe) Comee. 

Jonas, h. July 7, 1730. 

Nathan, b. Dec. 15, 1732 ; m. Dec. 26, 1753, Sarah Reed. 

Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1735. 77 John, b. July 14, 1736. 

Thaddeus, b. May 14, 1739. 

Solomon, b. June 15, 1742 ; m. Dec. 15, 1763, Amity Fessenden. 

Abigail, b. Aug. 3, 1744 ; ra. March 30, 1762, Nathan Derby of 

AVestminster, where their descendants are at this day. 
Mary, b. Feb. 7, 1747. 



Ephraim Pierce of Waltham ra. May 8, 1753, Lydia White, who 
d. May 6, 1777, aged 43, and he m. Nov. 5, 1778, Mrs. Lydia Par- 
ker, wid. of Capt. John Parker, who commanded the company on 
Lex. Common on the memorable 19th of April, 1775. Ephraim Pierce 
spent most of his days in Waltham, where he had his family, and 
we mention him here, as we have several other families, because his 
descendants settled in Lex. He came to Lex. to reside about the 
time he m. his second wife. He d. Jan. 16, 1790. 

Lois, b. Feb. 2, 1754; m. Oct. 8, 1772, Joshua Stearns of Waltham. 
Lucy, b. March 27, 1755 ; m. Dec. 24, 1772, George Wellington of 

Waltham. 
Ephraim, b. Sept. 27, 1757 ; m. March 16, 1780, Anna Parker, dau. 

of Capt. John of Lex. He d. Dec. 12, 1811, aged 54. 
^Reuben, b. March 18, 1760; m. Susanna Smith of Lex. 
Amos, b. March 27, 1761 ; m. Betsey Hobbs of Weston, and moved 

to Westford, where he d. Oct. 5, 1819. 
Lydia, b. April 15, 1763 ; m. Samuel Smith and moved to Salem. 
Elijah, b. Jan. 1, 1765; m. Dilley Munroe, dau. of Nathan and 

Elizabeth Munroe. They resided in Wo., where he d. aged 54. 
\Abner, b. Sept. 1, 1766; m. Grace Harrington. 

Avis, b. Jan. 17, 1768; m. Cummings of Burlington. 

Jonas, b. July 24, 1771 ; m. Eunice Brown of Waltham, and resided 

in Quincy, where he d. aged 57. 
Susanna, b. June 24, 1773 ; m. Jacob Smith of Lex. and d. April 

9, 1835. 
Jane, b. Feb. 17, 1769; m. William Smith of Lexington. 
\Loring, b. Sept. 18, 1775 ; m. Sybil Wellington, dau. of William 

Wellington of Waltham. 



Reuben Pierce m. Oct. 8, 1785, Susanna Smith, dau. of Josiah 
and Hannah Smith. She d. M.arch 22, 1819, aged 52, and he d. 
Oct. 30, 1824, aged 64. 

Reuben, b. Dec. 5, 1786. He d. Jan. 15, 1860, aged 73, unm. 
'[Nathaniel, b. Sept. 22, 1789; m. Abigail Wellington. 
\Ebenezer, b. April 18, 1792; ra. Nabby Brown. 
Susanna, b. April 30, 1794 ; d. Dec. 18, 1796. 
\Pdatiah P., b. March 13, 1806; m. Paulina Burbank. 



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Abner Pierce m. July 22, 1792, Grace Harrington, dau. of 
Daniel and Anna (Munroe) Harrington. They commenced house- 
keeping in Lex., afterwards they moved to Medford, where they 
lived fourteen years, when they moved to Chelsea, where they 
remained fourteen years, and after an absence of twenty-eight years, 
came back to Lex., and took up their abode on the place occupied by 
the late Capt. Larkin Turner. He d. Sept. 12, 1837, aged 71; she 
d. Aug. 27, 1842. 

Harriet, b. Nov. 23, 1792 ; d. July 8, 1809. 

Lucy, b. Oct. 12, 1794; d. Sept. 25, 1796. 

Abner, b. Feb. 25, 1797 ; m. Sarah Buckman ; she d. and he m. 

Eliza Tufts. They resided in West Cambridge, where he died. 
Larkin, b. May 10, 1798; d. July 12, 1801. 
Lucy P., b. July 26, 1803 ; m. May 23, 1833, Larkin Turner. 



LoRiNG Pierce m. Sybil Wellington, dau. of William Wellington 
of Waltham. He moved to Lex. and took up his abode on Main 
street, where Loring S. Pierce now resides. He d. Oct. 11, 1857. 

Catharine, b. Oct 28, 1807 ; m. Phinehas Lawrence. He d. and she 
is now living, a widow. 

Sybil, b. Sept. 6, 1811 ; m. Amos Russell of West Camb., and d. 
March 17, 1837. 

Almira, b. Jan. 1, 1814; d. July 18, 1837, unra. 

Loring, b. Jan. 13, 1816; d. Jan. 26, 1816. 

\Loring S., b. March 1, 1817 ; m. April 23, 1846, Frances A. Har- 
rington. 

Lois S., b. Nov. 11, 1819; m. Amos Russell, late husband of her 
sister Sybil, deceased. 

Eleanor J., b. Sept. 14, 1823 ; m. William P. Locke of West Camb. 



Nathaniel Pierce m. Nov. 25, 1827, Abigail Wellington of 
Waltham, dau. of William and Avis (Fiske) Wellington, b. Feb. 
11, 1806. 

Harriet R., b. April 9, 1828 ; d. July 15, 1830. 

Susan, b. Oct. 27, 1829 ; m. May 8, 1854, Charles Nunn of West 
Roxbury, who moved to Lex. and resides near the junction of Main 
and Middle streets. They had first, Charles P., b. April 4, 1855, 
second, Leah A., b. July 4, 1857, third, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 
23, 1859. 

Nathaniel, b. Aug. 26, 1831. 

Abbie, b. Nov. 15, 1835; m. Dec. 25, 1856, George Conant of 
Somerville. She d. suddenly Nov. 27, 1857. 

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1837. 

Emma I., b. Nov. 26, 1840; d. July 19, 1843. 

Willard E., b. March 17, 1843. 119 Emma I., b. July 8, 1847. 



Ebenezer Pierce m. Jan. 5, 1814, Nabby Brown, dau. of James 
and Betty (Reed) Brown. 

Harrison, b. Dec. 26, 1813 ; m. Harriet F. Penny. They have had 
Harriet Ann, b. Feb. 25, 1842, d. May 27, 1844 ; Harrison R., b. 
July 15, 1846, d. April 23, 1848 ; Alice W., b. Nov. 5, 1850. 

Ella, h. April 18, 1815. 

Daniel, b. June 27, 1817; d. Sept. 12, 1852. 

Susan, b. Oct. 28, 1819 ; d. Oct. 23, 1822. 

Susan, h. Sept. 10, 1823; m. Jonas Harrington; d. April 16, 1856. 



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ITiram, b. Mav 1, 1826. 

Ophelia, b. 1829 ; d. Oct. 10, 1831. 



Pelatiah p. Pierce m. Dec. 25, 1833, Paulina Burbank, dau. of 
Col. Sullivan Burbank. 

Sullivan, b. Nov. 6, 1834. He was drowned while skating on the 

ice, Dec. 15, 1849. 

Ellen, b. April 27, 1836. 129 Paulina, b. Nov. 5, 1838. 

Emily R., b. 1841 ; d. Sept. 14, 1843. 

Emily A., h. Feb. 20, 1845. 132 Frank D., b. Jan. 2, 1851. 



LoRiNG S. Pierce m. April 23, 1846, Frances A. Harrington, 
dau. of Lewis and Sally (Dudley) Harrington. He has filled the 
office of selectman and assessor several years. 



Oeorge L., b. Feb. 22, 1847. 
Alfred, b. Feb. 10, 1858. 



134 Gertrude, b. April 2, 1853. 



THE PLUMER FAMILY. 

Francis Plumer was born in Newbury, 'Berkshire county, Eng- 
land. He and his two sons were of a party of twenty-three who came 
over in 1633, and settled in Ipswich. They moved, 1635, to the 
north side of Parker river, so named in honor of their pastor. Rev. 
Thomas Parker, and called the place Newbury. Francis Plumer 
was made freeman 1634, and d. July 17, 1672. The descendants 
have been quite distinguished — five of whom have been members of 
Congress. Samuel, his son, b. 1619, and d. 1682 ; Sylvanus, son 
of Samuel, b. 1658, d. 1724; Samuel, son of Sylvanus, was b. 1684, 
d. 1760 ; Samuel, son of Samuel, was b. 1722, d. 1803 ; William, 
son of Samuel, was b. 1759, and d. 1850. Samuel Plumer, with his 
son William, then but a lad, moved to Epping, N. H. Willliara 
became one of the most prominent men in New Hampshire. He 
represented the State in the U. S. Senate, and also filled the Execu- 
tive chair of the State. He was for many years one of the leading 
lawyers and statesmen, at a period when the State was not wanting 
in able men. 

William Plumer, the son of Gov. William, was b. 1789, and d. 
1854. He was honored by his fellow citizens with many offices of 
trust, and was elected to Congress. 

William Plumer, son of the preceding, was b. Nov, 29, 1823 ; 
grad. H. C. 1845, entered the law school, then in charge of Judge 
Story, and was admitted to the bar, 1848. Oct. 2, 1850, m. Emily J. 
Lord, dau. of Joseph H. and Judith M. Lord of Camb., and moved 
to Lex. During the late rebellion, he entered the service of the 
United States, and commanded a company of sharpshooters. He 
received an injury at the Battle of Gettysburg, which induced him 
to leave the service. His children were born in Lexington. 

William, b. Sept. 5, 1851. 

Edith Mansfield, b. Feb. 27, 1853. 

Margaret Frost, b. Aug. 8, 1854. 5 Grace Herbert, b. Jan. 28, 1856. 

Edward Lord, b. Oct. 7, 1857 ; d. June 24. 1858. 

Mary Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1859. 8 Annie Dow, h. March 7, 1861. 



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THE POULTER FAMILY. 

The Poulters -were of German descent, though they came_to 
this country from England. John Poulter was in Billerica 1676. 
He ra. Rachel Eliot of Braintrce. John Poulter, who was at Cam- 
brige Farms in 1693, was probably son of John of Billerica. He 
probably ra. Hannah Hanmiond of Watertown. Jonathan Poul- 
ter appears in the precinct about the same time as John. They 
were probably brothers. While we cannot give a full and connected 
view of the family, we can present the following. 

Jonathan Poulter and his wife, Elizabeth, were ad. to the ch. 
in Lex. 1697. They had at least seven children. Abigail, b. Sept. 
3, 1692; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1694; Hannah, b. Nov. 12, 1697; 
Mary,h. Jan. 11, 1700; Rachel, b. May 11, 1702; Jonathan, b. 
Jan. 11, 1705, probably d. May 2, 1707 ; Submit, b. June 16, 1708. 
Jonathan, the father, d. May 27, 1708, and his wid. d. July 9, 1741. 



John Poulter m. Hannah Hammond and had a family, a perfect 
list of which we are unable to give. We find the following only. 
Sarah Poulter, bap. Dec. 30, 1799, John owning the covenant. Sarah 
m. about 1719, William Reed, 2d. Her mother being a Hammond, 
and her grandmother an Eliot, will account for those names m the 
Reed family. Man/, a dau. of John Poulter, was bap. Jnn. 12, 
1700. She was ad. 'to the ch. 1728. Catharine, bap. April 25, 1703, 
d Auo-. 19, 1705; Eliot, b. June 19, 1709. John Poulter, the 
father,°d. July 22, 1744, and his wife d. Dec. 12, 1735. John Poulter 
was selectman, 1718. They resided in the neighborhood of the Reeds- 



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THE PRESTON FAMILY. 



His 



Marshall Preston came to Lex. from Billerica in 1849. 
family record, as far as ascertained, is as follows : 

Amari^h Preston of Connecticut, m. Elizabeth Warren of New- 
ton Mass., and r. in Uxbridge. She d. about 1756, and he m. a 
second wife. He d. in Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y., ieb. 27, 
183 i, at the advanced age of 95. He Tiad a son bearing his own 
name. 

Amariah Preston, b. Feb. 5, 1758; m. Oct. 18, 1790, Hannah 
Reed of Bedford. She d. Feb. 8, 1795, and he m. May lo. 1/96, 
Ruhamah Lane, dau. of John and Rebecca, who d. Oct. 2, 1826. Mr. 
Preston had an eventful life. His mother dying when he was about 
two years old, he was put out, as the term was, and after living m 
Uxbnd<Te, Mass., and Ashford, Conn., he went to Dighton. Mass 
to learn a trade. In 1777, he entered the Continental army and 
served three years. In 1785, he commenced the study of medicine 
and established himself in Bedford, where he practiced forty-hve 
years His wife dying, and he being in the seventy-fifth year ot his 
ao-e, and not affluent in his circumstances, he left Bedford to reside 
Avith his son, Hervey N. Preston, then practicing medicine^m Ply- 
mouth. His son dying soon after his arrival, he iminediately entered 
upon his practice, and though advanced in life, he retrieved his 
fortune by continuing in practice till he was eighty-seven years of 
a<-e He then left Plvraouth to reside with his son Marshall at 
Billerica. Soon after 'this his son removed to Lex , and the old 
gentleman came with him, where he spent the remainder of his davs. 
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retained his faculties both bodily and mental to the last; and his 
whole life furnishes a remarkable instance of energy and perseverance. 

\Mars7iall, b. June 5, 1792 ; m. Feb. 12, 1824, Maria Parker. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1795; d. Aug. 8, 1810. 

Amariah, b. June 21, 1798 ; d. March 22, 1831, in N. Y. State. 

EzeJciel Warren, b. July 8, 1800; d. Sept. 7, same year. 

Ezekiel Warren, b. Dec. 24, 1802 ; r. in N. Y. State. 

Hervey N., b. June 21, 1806 ; d. July 14, 1837. 

Lovice M., b. Feb. 19, 1809 ; d. June 18, 1843. 



Marshall Preston m. Feb. 12, 1824, Maria Parker of Billerica, 
dau. of John and Susan (Minot) Parker, b. Oct. 10, 1797. 
He read law with his uncle, Warren Preston, in Maine, and was 
admitted to the bar at Augusta. He subsequently established an 
office in Billerica, where he practiced till he came to Lex. in 1849. 
He held important town offices in Billerica, and was for many years 
assistant clerk of the courts in Middlesex county, which office he 
held till 1863, when his health failing, he retired from the place he 
had so faithfully filled. They are both living. 

George Henry, b. June 6, 1825 ; m. Jan. 1, 1855, Catharine R. 
Faulkner of Bil. He grad. at H. C. 1846, read law and practiced 
in Boston, where he resides. They have several children. 

Susan Crosby, b. Sept. 21, 1831 ; d. Nov. 25, 1851. 



PUFFER.— Sylvester Puffer, b. in Sudbury, May 19, 1810 ; 
m. April 18, 1839, Catharine Brown of Burlington, b. June 29, 
1819. She d. May 18, 1866, aged 46. They have had the following 
chil., all but the oldest b. in Lex. George 8., b. in Acton, Feb. 13, 
1840; Mary C, b. Jan. 12, 1842; Charles H., b. Dec. 30, 1843; he 
entered the service of the United States in the late Rebellion, and d. 
at Alexandria, Va., of a wound received at Fredericksburg, Feb. 5, 
1863; William E., b. Jan. 28, 1846; Sarah E., b. July 7, 1849 ; 
Lucy A., b. June 22, 1852; Eeuben W., b. April 28, 1854, d. May 
1, 1854; AlvinH., b. Feb. 22, 1856. He came to Lex. about 1841. 



THE RAYMOND FAMILY. 

The Raymonds were never very numerous in Lexington, though 
at one tine there were several of that name. We are not able to fix 
the time when they came to Lexington. We find upon the tax bill 
of 1733 the names of Jonathan Raymond and Jonathan Raymond, jr., 
and in the following year Jonathan, jr., was chosen one of the fence 
viewers in Lexington. Samuel Raymond and his wife, Sarah, were 
admitted to the church, Jan. 26, 1737, by a letter from the church in 
Beverly. Richard Raymond was in Salem in 1634, and the name 
was quite common in Beverly at an early day. As Samuel Raymond 
came from Beverly, it is highly probable that Jonathan came from 
the same place, as they were brothers. As Jonathan Raymond in 
1733 bore the addition of jr., it is probable that his father was in the 
town also at that time. 

Jonathan Raymond, sen., was the father both of Jonathan and 
Samuel. In his will, dated Aug. 16, 1742, and proved Nov. 22, 
1742, he says, "To my beloved sons Jonathan Raymond and Samuel 
Raymond I give twenty shillings each, which, with what I have 
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estate." He also mentions in his will his wife. Charity, to whom he 
sives among other things, " the use of my hoy Robin." He mentions 
further, sons, Thomas, William, Bartholomew, and Josiah, and dau. 
Sarah Tidd, deceased, Mehitabel, and Charity. The birth of a part 
of these chiklren are borne upon the Lexington records, though most 
of them were born before he came to Lexington. She d. March 9, 
17GS, aged 87. 



\ Samuel, b. 



m. Sarah 



\Jonatlian, b. Feb. 27, 1702 ; m. Hepzibah 

Thomas, b. . 5 William, b. 

Sarah, b. . 7 Josiah, b. — 



Bartholomew, b. . 

Mehitabel, h. Oct. 12, 1721 ; ad. to the ch. in Lex. July 18, 1742 ; 

she ra. Stephen Locke. 
Charity, b. Sept, 15, 1724; m. Thomas Blodgett. • 



Samuel Raymond m. Sarah 
Lex. Jan. 26, 1737. 



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Sarah, h. Nov. 6, 1730; m. April 12, 1753, Thomas Smith. 
Charity, b. Dec. 12, 1733. 13 Samuel, h. Dec. 4, 1735. 

Jonah, b. Sept. 18, 1738 ; m. March 23, 1762, Submit "Whittemore. 
\ Bartholomew, b. May 7, 1742. 



Jonathan Raymond m. Hepzibah . They were ad. to the 

ch. in Lex. May 9, 1756, by a letter from Beverly. He d. Aug. 9, 
1760, and she m. Dec. 29, 1763, Thomas Munroe of Concord. 

Hepzibah, b. Sept. 19, 1729; m. Dec. 13, 1751, Dr. Joseph Fiske. 
\John, b. Sept. 5, 1731. He was of Capt. Parker's co. in 1775. 
\Jonathan, b. Sept. 17, 1734; m. Oct. 4, 1756, Susannah White. 
Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1737 ; m. Aug. 17, 1756, Ebenezer Winsbip. 
Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1740; m. Feb. 2, 1757, Nathaniel Piper. 
Hannah, b. Aug. 27, 1742 ; m. Feb. 16, 1762, Samuel Reed. 
Daniel, b. March 18, 1744. 23 Joseph, b. May 31, 1747. 

Ruth, b. March 24, 1752. 



Bartholomew R.vymond m. Mehitabel jNIallett of Charlestown, 
to which place he removed lefore the opening of the Revolution. 
He run a ferry-lioat across Charles River, before the building of 
Charles River Bridge. He d. 1831, aged 71 ; she d. 1828, aged 76. 



Bartholomew, b. Sept. 1, 1776 
William, b. Aug. 8, 1786. 

Samuel, b. July 26, 1788. He m. a Miss Wheeler of Bolton 
are both dead. 



26 Mehitabel, b. May 29, 1780. 

They 



John Raymond m. Rebecca . He was killed by the British 

soldiers on the 19th of April, in a brutal and cowardly manner. He 
was infirm, and was tending bar at the Munroe Tavern. The British 
entered the house and helped themselves to whatever the house 
afforded. They compelled Raymond to wait upon them, and after 
they had imbibed freely, they became noisy and tumultuous, and 
Raymond being alarmed for his personal safety, was in the act of 
leaving the house, Aviien he was shot down by these vandals. 

John, b. Nov. 24, 1763. 30 Eliakim, b. July 29, 1765. 

Rebecca, b. Oct. 7, 1768 ; n>. Ebenezer Danforth and went South. 
Isaac, b. March 9, 1770. 33 Edmund, b. Aug. 17, 1773. 

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JoNATHAN Raymond m. Oct. 4, 1756, Susanna White, dau. of 
Joseph and Hannah White. They probably lived foi' a short period 
in Wat., as we find the followinj; record of the baptism of one of 
their eliildren. " Baptized Mary llaymond. dau. of Jonathan, jr., the 
parents having owned the covenant in Watertown." They had a 
family of eleven ehihlren. six sons and five dau. Among them were 
Susanna, b. March 28, 1757; Mary, bap. Nov. 28,1759; Hepzibah, 
bap. Jan. 3, 1702. They removed to Westminster about 1763, 
where most of his children were born, and where he d. about 1783. 
He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Some of bis 
descendants are found in Westminster at the present day. 



There are at the present time, Raymonds in town, but from a 
different family, though probably of the same original stock, and 
not till recently resident in this place. 

William Raymond enjigrated from England and settled first at 
Salem and afterward at Beverly. He had four children. 



Daniel Raymond, his second son, m. Abigail Balch, 1714. He 
moved to Marblehead. He and his eldest son died in the expedition 
to Louisburg, 1746. 



Freeborn Raymond, the youngest son of Daniel, b. Feb. 20, 
1741, m. about 1761, Mary Young. She d. and he m. about 1778, 
Sarah Powers. He d. Feb. 11, 1817. He had sixteen children b. 
in Athol. 



Freeborn Raymond, eldest son of the foregoing, b. June 4, 
1762, m, first, Lucinda Graves, and had one son. She d. and he m. 
second. Lois Kendall, and third, Jane Rich, who d. March 15, 1865. 
He d. July 3, 1824. He had the following children. 

Wi/mcin, b. Jan. 31, 1788. 6 Freeman C, b. Dec. 13, 1801. 

Louisa K., b. Sept. 2, 1803. 

Freeborn F., b. Dec. 2, 1805; d, 1808. 

Thatcher B., b. March 9, 1808; d. June 17, 1860. 

Lucinda (?., b. Nov. 20, 1810. 

\ Freeborn F., b. Oct. 19, 1812, at Athol. 

Jane Y., b. Aug. 9, 1815, at Jalfrey, N. H. 

Eliza Ann, b. Julv 20, 1818; d. Nov. 11, 1837. 

Joseph P., b. July 1, 1821, at Nashua, N. H. 



Freeborn F. Raymond m. June 12, 1855, Sarah E. Richardson, 
dau. of A. P. and Betsey (Reed) Richardson of Lex. He took up 
his residence in Lex. about the time of his marriage, but does busi- 
ness in Boston. Their children are Franklin F., h. May 2, 1856; 
Llelen E., b. May 25, 1859, d. Aug. 23, 1863; Henry S., h. May 
18, 1866. 



THE REED FAMILY. 

The Reeds came to Cambridge Farms from Woburn in 1686. 
They were in the country nuich earlier. There is considerable dilfi- 
culty in tracing the residence of the first ancestor of this family, 
arisiii"- from the fact that there are several persons among the early 
emigrants of the same name. But there is evidence which we deem 
reliable, that William Reed and his wife, Mabel, with three of their 
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Jiistus, eighteen months, came to New England from London, in the 
ship Defence, in 1635. He was at that time forty-eight years ohl, 
and his wife thirty. He settled first at Dorchester ; but like many 
of the early settlers moved from place to place, at least temporarily. 
In 1639, he sold his real estate in Dorchester and moved to Scitnate. 
where he was constable in 1G44. While there he sent his wife to 
Dorchester on horse-back with an infant to be baptized ; he being a 
member of the church in that place. He was probably a resident at 
Muddy River (now Brookline) in 1648, when he purchased of Nicho- 
las Davis a farm in Woburn of some sixty acres, "with all the barns, 
out-houses, fences, and all to the same belonging." He probably 
moved to Woburn soon after he made this purchase, and resided 
there a few years, when he and his wife returned to England, where 
he died at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1656. He made his will, ap- 
pointing no executor, and Oliver Cromwell made his wife, Mabel, 
executrix, on the last day of October, 1656 ; and she returned to this 
country to their children, then in Woburn, Nov. 21, 1660. She m, 
Henry Sumner of Woburn, whom she survived, and d. in the family 
of her son George, June 15, 1690, aged 85 years. Most of the 
Reeds of Lexington descended from 

William Reed and Mabel, his wife, whose maiden name was 
probably Kendall. 

\Oeorge, b. in Eng. 1629; m. Oct. 4, 1652, Elizabeth Jennison. 
Ralph, b. in Eng. 1630 ; m. Mary Pierce of Wat. and d. in Woburn, 

Jan. 4, 1712, aged 81, and left issue. 
Justus, b. in Eng. 1633 ; d. before his parents went to England. 
Abigail, b. probably in Dor. ; m. Oct. 2, 1650, Francis Wyman. 
Bethia, b. probably in Dorchester; m. Apr. 28, 1657, John Johnson, 

son of Capt. Edward, Author of " Wonder- Working Providence." 
Israel, b. 1642; m. Mary, dau, of Francis Kendall, his cousin. 

Sarah, b. ; m. Sept. 10, 1662, Samuel Walker. 

Rebecca, b. ; m. Joseph Winn. 

The above named children all resided in Woburn. George, Ralph, 
and Israel had large families, making the name of Reed quite com- 
mon in that town. 



George Reed m. Oct. 4, 1652, Elizabeth Jennison, dau. of 
Robert Jennison of Wat. She was b. April 12, 1637, and d. Feb. 
26, 1665. He m. Nov. 9, 1665, Hannah Rockwell of Charlestown. 
He had eight children by his first wife, and five by his last. He d. 
Feb. 21, 1706, aged 77. 

Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1653 ; m. Dec. 15, 1675, David Fiske of Wat. 
Twins, b. Nov. 14, 1654; d. without names. 
Samuel, b. April 29, 1656 ; m. April 19, 1679, Elizabeth Munsal. 
Abigail, b. June 27, 1658 ; m. Sept. 18, 1694, Nathaniel Richardson. 
George, b. Sept. 14, 1660 ; m. Feb. 18, 1684, Abigail Pierce. He 

was deacon of the church many years, and d. Jan. 20, 1756. 
\Wimam, b. Sept. 22, 1662; m. May 24, 1686, Abigail Kendall. 

Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1665; m. Dec. 12, 1685, Robinson. 

Hannah, b. Feb. 18, 1669 ; ra. Elson. 

John, b. March 18, 1671 ; m. June 10, 1697, Ruth Johnson. 
Mary, b. June 15, 1674 ; m. 1697, Matthew Johnson. 
Timothy, b. Oct. 20, 1678 ; m. Persis Kendall. 
Thomas, b. July 15, 1682 ; m. Feb. 1, 1704, Sarah Sawyer. 



William Reed ra. May 24, 1686, Abigail Kendall of Woburn. 
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has cropped out from generation to generation in some branches "of 
the family. William Reed, or Capt. Reed as he was generally called, 
may be regarded as the ancestor of the greater part of the Reeds of 
Lexington, though there were others of the name, who will be no- 
ticed hereafter. He was one of ths most prominent citizens of the 
precinct and town. He was a justice of the peace, filled the office of 
selectman, and represented the town in the General Court several 
years. He was equally prominent in the church, being one of the 
original members. He purchased land in the north-westerly part of 
the township, and located himself on what is now known as Bedford 
street, near the residence of the late Christopher Reed. He added 
to his real estate from time to time, and became a large land-holder, 
and so was able to leave a good farm to each of his three sons. A 
portion of his lands has remained in the family to the present day. 
The neighborhood of Capt. Reed's residence was at one time the 
most populous of any part of the town out of the village. In addi- 
tion to the Reeds, which were quite numerous, the Hewses, Trasks, 
Poulters, Kendalls, Lawrences, Dunklees, and Fassetts all resided 
on or near Bedford street. No family of the early settlers has sus- 
tained its standing, through all periods of the town's history, better 
than the Reeds. He d. May 12, 1718, aged 56, and she d. Oct. 
12, 1734. 

Abigail, b. May 29, 1687 : m. Jonathan Fiske and moved to Sud. 

\William, b. July 18, 1693; m. Sarah Poulter. 

Mary, b. April 8, 1695; m. April 8, 1714, Dea. John Stone, and d. 

Oct. 1, 1772. 
jBenjamin, b. Oct. 22. 1696 ; m. Rebecca Stone. 
Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1699; d. April 3, 1711. 
\Joshua, b. June 20, 1702; m. Elizabeth Russell. 
Hepzibah, b. Dec. 10, 1705; m. April 19, 1724, Daniel Tidd. 



William Reer m. Sarah Poulter, dau. of John, about 1719. He 
was an active and efficient man, both in the church and in the town. 
He held for many years a commission of jnstice of the peace, and 
did considerable business in that capacity ; and was well known in 
the town and vicinity by the appellation of ''Squire Reed. He was 
very popular with the people, and received all the honors in their 
gift. Besides minor offices, he was selectman eleven years, and 
representative seventeen years. He was also a captain in the mili- 
tia, and was out with a portion of his company in the French war, in 
1755. He d. Feb. 11, 1778, aged 85; she d. Nov. 25. 1769. He 
resided in the house owned by the late Christopher Reed on Bedford 
street. 

\William, b. Jan. 1, 1720; m. Jan. 1, 1741, Abigail Stone. 
\Hamuel, b. May 4, 1722 ; ra. Eunice Stone. 
Sarah, b. June 3, 1725 ; m. Dec. 23, 1742, Benjamin Brown. 
Mary, b. March 10, 1728; m. May 4, 1753, William Bowman. 
Oliver, b. March 25, 1730; m. April 11, 1754, Sarah Bridge, who 

was b. Dec. 21, 1735. They moved to Bedford, where they had 

Oliver, b. 1755, Sarah, b. 1757, Reuben, b. 1759, and Mary, b. 

1763. 
John, b. May 28, 1731 ; m. Ruhamah Brown ; r. in Bedford, Jan. 

18, 1753. 
]IIammon, h. April 28, 1734; m. Betty Siraonds. 
Eliot, b. April 28, 1737 ; m. May 3, 1757, Joseph Bridge. 
Hannah, b. Oct. 21, 1740; m. April 14, 1761, John Bridge. 
\Nathan, b. Nov. 9, 1743 ; m. April 30, 1782, Mary Page. 



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Benjamin Reed m. Rebecca Stone, dau. of Samuel and Dorcas 
(Jones) Stone, b. 1696. She d. and he m. July 19, 1753, Mrs. 
Hannah Estabrook, wid. of Dea. Joseph Estabrook, and dau. of Jo- 
seph Bowman. He d. Dec. 25, 1705. Like his brother William, he 
was frequently called by his townsmen to places of honor and trust. 
He was constable, assessor, selectman nine years, and representative 
ten years. He was a major in the militia when that office was filled 
by the most prominent citizens. He was also justice of the peace. 
He d. July 13, 1789, aged 93 ; she d. April 1, 1768. 

Bevjamin, b. May 13, 1718 ; moved to Holden. 
Abigail, h. March 30, 1720; d. Sept. 12, 1734. 
Jonas, b. June 7, 1722 ; he was dismissed from the church in Lex. 

to the ch. in Rutland, Nov. 1763. 
Jiehecca, b. Nov. 25, 1724 ; m. John Muzzy. 
\lsaac, b. July 30, 1727 ; m. April 22, 1754, Mary Bridge. 
Jonathan, b. March 8, 1729 ; m. Jan. 30, 1754, Sarah Lawrence ; r. 

at Littleton. 
Thaddeus, b. June 17, 1732 ; d. April 21, 1741. 
Dorcas, b. July 18, 1734; m. Oct. 15, 1750, David Cutler. 
Samuel, b. April 3, 1737 ; m. Feb. 16, 1762, Hannah Raymond ; r. 

at Littleton. 
Ruth, b. Nov. 9. 1741 ; m. Dec. 13, 1759, Ebenezer Estabrook, 



Joshua Reed m. Jan. 21, 1725, Elizabeth Russell, dau. of Jona- 
than and Elizabeth. She d. Feb. 29, 1744; he d. Oct. 15, 1755. 
The inventory of his estate shows the manners and customs of the 
times, by giving us a warming-pan, flax-comh, box-heater, pillion, &c. 

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1726 ; m. Jonathan Winship. 
Hepzibah, b. March 8, 1728; d. about 1754. 
\ Joshua, b. May 15, 1730 ; was twice married. 

James, b. . 

Josejjh. b. June 21, 1739 ; r. at Rutland. 
Rebecca S., h. . 



William Reed m. Jan. 1, 1741, Abigail Stone. She d. Nov. 30, 
1773, and be m. Lydia Ingalls. He d. Oct. 9, 1813, aged 93; she 
d. March 9, 1817. 

\William, b. Oct. 2, 1742; m. Dec. 1, 1768, Elizabeth Davis. 
Abigail, b. Sept. 22, 1744; m. Jan. 21, 1766, William Grimes. 
Sarah, b. May 14, 1747 ; m. Dec. 6, 1770, Oliver Bacon. 
Nathaniel, h. June 2, 1749; m. Jan. 16, 1772, Hepzibah Bateman 

of Bedford. 
3Iari/, b. July 17, 1751 ; m. April 28, 1774, Moses Harrington. 
Beuiah, b. May 4, 1753 ; m. June 28, 1787, Abel Johnson of Boston. 
\Thaddeus, b. Aug. 25, 1755 ; m. A nna Longley of Littleton. 
Josiah, b. Aug. 25, 1757 ; was twice m. ; d. without issue. 
Hannah, h. Oct 8, 1758; m. Nov, 28, 1782, James Danforth of 

Fitchburg. 
Milbj, b. April 26, 1762 ; d. unm. in Boston. 
Esther, b. Oct. 25, 1765; d. unm. Nov. 24, 1786. 



Samuel Reed m. Eunice Stone and moved to what is now Bur- 
lington, where he had a large family. Moses, one of his sons, m. 
April 23, 1770, Sarah Whittemore of Lex. and moved to this place, 
where they were ad. to the ch. Jan. 27, 1771. They had Whitte- 
more, h. Feb. 18, 1771 ; Moses, b. Aug. 10, 1773 ; Sarah, b. April 
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Hammon Reed m. April 13, 1757, Betty Simonds. He was. one 
of the gallant band who struck for liberty, April 19, 1775. He filled 
several important town ofliees, being five years selectman during the 
most important period of our history, and was one of the Committee 
of Safety, 1778. She d. Feb. 2, 1815 ; he d. July 12, 1817. 

Betty, b. Dec. 12, 1757 ; m. May 30, 1780, James Brown. 
Lydia, b. July 11, 1760; ni. Nov. 5, 1786, Thomas Locke of Wo. 
\ Hammon, b.Feb. 24, 1763; m. Oct. 26, 1786, Sarah Chandler. 
Patty, b. Dec. 5, 1765; m. Nov. 28, 1786, Amos Marrett. 
Sarah, b. June 22, 1770 ; d. young. 
Benjamin, b. Oct. 22, 1774 ; d. young. 



Nathan Reed m. April 30, 1772, Mary Page of Bedford, dau. 
of Christopher and Susanna Page. He and his wife were ad. to the 
ch. Jan. 24, 1773. He was subsequently chosen deacon, which 
office he held from 1787 to 1808, when he resigned on account of ill 
health. He d. Nov. 17, 1811, aged 68; she d. May 17, 1831, aged 
84. He was one of the band which faced the British in 1775. He 
served as selectman several years. He was a large land-holder in 
Lex. and elsewhere. 

Nathan, b.Feb. 7, 1773; d. Aug. 1, 1775. 

\Nathan, b. Sept. 15, 1776 ; m. Polly Muzzy. 

Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1778; m. Dec. 3. 1799, John Merriam of Bed. 

Sarah, b. July 1, 1781. She is living, in her eighty-seventh year. 

Hiram, b. June 22, 1784 ; d. Feb. 8, 1808. unm. 

Susanna W., h. Dec. 10, 1786 ; m. 1815, John Chandler, and d. 

Dec. 19, 1863, leaving one dau. Sarah Chandler. 
Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1789 ; d. Aug. 30, 1854, unm. 
^Christopher, b. March 18, 1792; m. Betsey Gibson of Francestown, 

N. H. 



Isaac Reed m. April 2, 1754, Mary Bridge, dau. of John Bridge, 
b. April 19, 1733. He had one child, Isaac, b. May 18, 1755, in 
Lex. He moved to Littleton. 



Joshua Reed m. Nov. 27, 1753, Mrs. Susanna Houghton of 
Lancaster. He was one of Capt. Parker's co. 1775, and was one of 
the selectmen in the eventful period of the Revolution. 

Betty, b. Nov. 26, 1754 ; m. Jan. 6, Ebenezer Muzzy. 

'i Joshua, h. Sept. 11, 1756 ; he was twice married. 

Stisanna, b. ]\larcli 11, 1759; m. Jonas Bridge. 

Hepzibah, b. Feb. 26, 1769 ; m. May 10, 1790, William Wait of 

Greenfield. 
James, b. Dec. 15, 1771; m. Susanna Stone ofRindge, N. H. 
Rebecca, bap, June 26, 1774; m. Feb. 22, 1801, David Wait of 

Deerfield, a brother of William, who married her sister. 



William Reed m. Dec. 1, 1768, Elizabeth Davis of Bed. He 
was in Parker's co. on the 19th of April, and marched with them to 
Camb. June 17, 1775. 

Elizabeth, b. March 7, 1770. 

William, b. May 11, 1772 ; d. April 3, 1776. 

Abigail, b. May 8, 1774. 89 Ruthy, b. June 9, 1776. 

William, b. April 5, 1778. 

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TiTADDEUs Reed m. Anna Lonjrley of Littleton. His second 
son, William, came home from New York, 1824, with the small pox, 
and fjavc it to the family, of which both the parents, and his brother 
Thaddeus' wife, died. Luther Prescott, husband of their dau. Anna, 
also fell a victim to the same disease, the same year. 

Edmund, b. Oct. 20, 1788. 

Esther, b. Aug. 16, 1790 ; m. April 21, 1812, John Parker. 

William, b. Feb. 13, 1792. 

Thaddeus, b. Oct. 1, 1794; m. Dec. 8, 1819, Phebe Prescott of Con. 

Anna, b. Feb. 12. 1797 ; m. Jan. 6, 1819, Luther Prescott of Con. 

Augustus, b. June 27, 1799. 

Levi, b. Julv 24, 1801. 



Hammon Reed m. Oct. 25, 1786, Sarah Chandler, dau. of John 
and Beulah (Merriam) Chandler, b. Feb. 27, 1764. She d, April 
24, 1854, aged 90; he d. Aug. 31, 1848, aged 85. 



Sarah, b. May 17, 1788 ; d. Nov. 10, 1788. 

^Benjamin, b. Jan. 20, 1790 ; m. Bethia L. Webber. 

Sally, b. June 21, 1792; m. April, 1817, William Nichols of Bur. 

Betsey, b. June 15, 1799; m. June 26. 1823, Aaron P. Richardson. 

^.f^y^ \ twins, b. Jan. 26, 1804 ■\'^-''l ^^""^l '"?"'^f k t, a • , 
Almira, ^ ' I i"- Jan. 29, 1829, Eben R. Smith. 



Nathan Reed m. Aug. 30, 1797, Mary Muzzey, dau. of John 
and Rebecca (Munroe) Muzzey. He d. July 20, 1836, aged 60. 

\Cyrus, b. Nov. 9, 1798; m. April 4, 1824, Sarah Jewett. 

Nathan Horatio, b. Sept. 28, 1805; m. April 20, 1841, Luzilla 

Meigs. They had one child, who is living in Wisconsin. He d. 

March 11. 1854; she d. Jan. 9. 1868. 
Hiram, b, Feb. 8, 1810; d. March 30, 1854, unm. 
Marshall, b. Oct. 4, 1815; d. July 31, 1837. 



Christopher Reed m, Betsey Gibson of Francestown, N. 
He d. Sept. 25, 1861. They had one child, William Eustis. 



H. 



Joshua Reed m. Sept. 11, 1780, Susanna Leathers, She 
Sept. 8, 1802, and he m. Elizabeth Brooks of Line. He d. Sept. 
1826. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company. 

\Charles, b. July 10, 1781 ; m. Almira Muzzy. 

Susanna, b. Jan. 30, 1783; m. Nov. 30, 1813, John Mulliken. 

Phebe, b. Aug. 28, 1792 ; m. Oct. 2, 1822. Thomas Greenleaf. 



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Benjamin Reed ra. Feb. 3, 1825, Bethia L. Webber of Bedford, 
dau. of John and Bethia (Lane) Webber. He was a prominent citi- 
zen, being one of the selectmen six years. He also held the cora- 
mission of captain in the militia. He d. Oct. 16, 1860, aged 71 years. 

Frances Walker, b. Dec. 21, 1825; d. April 4. 1863, unm. 
Hammon, b. Sept. 25, 1829 ; m. Oct. 19, 1856, Sylvia Wadsworth 

of Milford, N. H.. dau. of Samuel and Rhoda (Fitch) Wadsworth. 

He has filled the offices of overseer of the poor and of selectman 

several years, and also holds a commission of justice of the peace. 

They have three children, George H., b. Jan. 31, 1858 ; William W., 

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Cyrus Reed m. April 4, 1824, Sarah Jewett of Boxboro'. 

Jolin Muzzy, b. May 24, 1825 ; m. June 7, 18G6, Alice L. Hobart of 
Ilinghain. They have one child, Louisa Hobart, b. April 19, 1867. 
George Henry, b. May 7, 1831. 
Catharine Eliza, b. Jan. 30, 1832. 



Charles Reed m. Oct. 23, 1817, Almira Muzzy, dau. of Amos 
and Lydia (Boutelle) Muzzy. She d. Nov. 15, 1819, aged 25 years, 
and he m. June 28, 1821, Martha Wellington. He d. May 19, 1846. 
aged ^b ; she d. May 10, 1838. He was a popular and influential 
man. He held the office of selectman twelve years, assessor five 
years, town clerk seven years, and town treasurer seven years. 

Charles M., b. Sept. 12, 1819. 118 Henry S., b. June 29, 1822. 



There is another family of Reeds in Lexington, which have been 
in the place several generations ; and though they do not claim any 
relationship with the descendants of William Reed of Lexington, are 
nevertheless from the same stock. George Reed, the oldest son 
of the original emigrant, and father of William Reed, who settled 
in Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, had a large family, and among 
his children was 

Timothy Reed (No. 20, in the Reed family) b. Oct. 20, 1678. 
He was" a younger brother of William. He m. Fersis Kendall and 
resided in Wo. They had among other children, Jacob, b. 1714. 



Jacob Reed m. June 19, 1741, Elizabeth French of Billerica. 
He resided in Wo. They had a family of seven children. 



Isaac Reed, the youngest child of the foregoing, b. Aug. 9, 1756, 
m. April 27, 1780, Susanna Munroe, dau. of William Munroe. She 
d. 1828, aged 75 ; he d. April 20, 1848, aged 92. 

\lsaac, h. Jan. 12, 1781 ; m. Elizabeth Munroe. 

Susan, b. Oct. 16, 1782. 

William, h. March 14, 1785; m. Rebecca Gardner. He d. 1851. 

Oliver, b. Aug. 4, 1787; m. Sarah Thayer. 

Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1790; m. Relief Pratt, and d. 1829. 

jBeuben, b. March 25, 1792; was twice married. 

Hugh M., b. Dec. 23, 1793 ; d. 1821, unm. 

Enos, b. Aug. 21, 1796; m. Sarah Gardner. 



Isaac Rked m. April 24, 1804, Elizabeth Munroe, dau. of Phile- 
mon and Elizabeth (Waite) Munroe. He probably came to Lex. 
about the time of his marriage. He d. Nov. 10, 1854, aged 73; she 
d. Oct. 24, 1865, aged 80 years. 

Emeline, b. June 10, 1805 ; d. Dec. 22, 1822. 

Susan E., b. Dec. 16, 1807; m. April 9, 1855, William K. Fowle 

of lloxbury. 
Isaac E., b. Jan. 2, 1810; d. Dec. 31, 1836. 
Adeline, b. Jan. 10, 1812; m. Nov. 2, 1842, James Parker. They 

have one child, James Emory, b. Aug. 30, 1845. 
^William H. //., b. Nov. 26, 1813; m. Mary Crowningshield. 
Horatio, b. Dec. 21, 1815; m. Mary Phipps; resides in New York. 
Parnell M., b. April 30, 1818; d. Oct. 16, 1821. 
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Hugh M., b. March 27, 1824; m. Sophia C 
Phinehas Lawi-ence ; resides in Provi<lence. 

Emeliue P., b. Oct. 5, 182(5; m. Dec. 20, 1860, William K 
the husband of her late sister Susan. 



Lawrence, dau. of 
Fowls, 



Reubex Reed ni. Dec. 8, 1819, Sarah Russell of Camb. She d. 
Aug. 2, 1822, and he m. Feb. 26, 1824, Mary H. Willard of Harvard. 
She d. Feb. 11, 1860, aged 69 ; he d. March 4, 1864, aged 71. 

Reuben, b. Feb. 5, 1821 ; d. June 22, 1822. 

Reuben Willard, h. Jan. 12, 182o ; m. Sept. 1854, Georgiana Ferren 
of Charlestown. They have Emmie O., b. Nov. 10, 1856; Mary 
Ilattie.h. Sept. 7, 1860, d. Oct. 15, 1864; Lizzie Virginia, h. 
April 27, 1866. 

Josiah Haskell, b Feb. 12, 1827 ; ra. Oct. 9, 1860, Clara Rebecca 
Gates, dau. of Howard Gates of Asliby." They have Frank Has- 
kell, b. Dec. 26. 1862 ; Alice Oatefi, b. Aug. 21, 1864. 



William II Harrisox Reed m. Sept. 5. 1850, Mary Crowning- 
shield, dau. of A. W. Crowningshield of Lex. He now resides in 
Charlestown. 

Mary Ella, b. March 9, 1852 ; d. Sept. 5, 1852. 
Julia Ella, b. June 12, 1854. 
Mary Alice, b. Nov. 80, 1855. 



There was also another family of Reeds in Woburn and Lexington, 
which had no connection with the William and Mabel race. If we 
may believe tradition, and the statement is confirmed by many atten- 
dant circumstances, Swethern Reed came to this country from 
Ireland about 1725, and settled in Boston. After remaining there a 
few years, he removed to Woburn, and took up his abode in that 
part of the town which now constitutes Burlington. 

Swethern Reed probably m. Margery CoUens, and had a num- 
ber of children, of whose birth we have very imperfect records. 

\James, b. ; m. Elizabeth Wellington of Camb. Sept. 24, 1778. 

{Robert, b. ; ni. Elizabeth Ilartwell of Bedford. 

Elizabeth, b. April, 1740; m. Nov. 30, 1763, Thomas Fox. 

Susannah, b. ; m. Jeduthan Wellington, 1775. 

Margery, b. ; m. Collens, and went to China. 

Nancy, b. ; m. Nov. 14, 1780, Nathaniel Trask. 

Euth, b. ; m. June 5, 1777, Matthew Farrington. 



James Reed m. Sept. 24, 1778, Elizabeth Wellington of Camb. 

John, b. Jan. 30, 1779; m. Sus.an Clapp. 
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1780 ; m. Jedediah Stearns. 
James, b. April 12, 1783; m. Susan Johnson. 

Susannah, h. Aug. 10, 1785 ; m. Rugg of Boston. 

Jose2)h, b. Sept. 9, 1787 ; m. first, Maria Walker, and second, Rox- 

ana Richardson. 
Luke, b. Sept. 6, 1789 ; m. Barbara Ross of Augusta, Ga. 
Artemas, b. Dec. 1, 1792 ; d. at the age of sixteen. 
Florinda, b. Nov. 20, 1794 ; m. Thomas Hersey. 



Robert Reed m. Elizabeth Hartwell of Bedford. 
Woburn. She d. May 8, 1792, 
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SwetTiem, h. Aug. 13, 1771; m. Nov. 19, 1795, Anna Wyman. 

d. Oct 28, 1834. 

Elizabeth, b. April 3, 1773. 19 Bobert, b. Sept. 4, 1775. 

Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1778. 21 Daniel, b. Dec. 11, 1781. 



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Setii Reed from Charlestown came to Lexington a young man. 
He entered the army of the Revolution and served three years. 
After his return, he m. June 2G, 1796, Fanny Harrington, dau. of 
Thaddeus and Lydia (Porter) Harrington. She d. and he ra. Lydia 
Harrington, sister of his first wife. After his marriage he moved to 
Westminster, Vt., where he remained about two years, when he 
returned to Lexington, where he d. Sept., 1815. 

Seth, b. April 24, 1778 ; m. Eliza Frost of West Canib. He resides 
in Wo., and is the father of Joseph G. Reed of Lex. who m. 
June, 1851, Ann Murphy, and has Francis W., b. March 14, 1854. 

Leicis, b. ; m. Mary Flint of North Reading. 

Sylvestics S., b. ; d. young. 

Fanny, b. ; ra. Warren Emerson of Woburn. 

Lydia, b. ; m. Nathaniel Hutchinson of Woburn. 

Rhoda, b. ; d. 1839, aged 30, unm. 



Situated on the borders of Lexington, in Woburn and Burlington, 
it is not at all strange that individuals and even families of the name 
of Reed, should cross the line and live for a time in Lexington, or at 
least should have their names upon our Records. I find several 
such, and shall give them as I find them, without attempting to trace 
their descent. 

Peter Reed m. Abigail, and had Abigail, b. May 23, 1727, d. 
young; Peter, b. Feb. 16, 1729; Abigail, b. April 2, 1731 ; Mary, b. 
April 3, 1733; Sarah, b. April 26, 1736; Thomas, b. Nov. 3, 
1739; Rebecca, b. May 24, 1743. 

David Reed m. Lois, and had Philip, b. April 5, 1736; David, 
b. April 2, 1738 ; Lydia, b. June 28, 1740 ; Silas, b. Feb. 23, 1742 ; 
Persis, b. April 11, 1745. 

Newhall Reed of Wo., m. Oct. 16, 1777, Mary Harrington of 
Lex., dau. of Henry and Sarah (Laughton) Harrington, and had 
Joel, b. May 13, 1777 ; Abigail, b. July 21, 1778, and d. same day; 
Newhall, b. April 5, 1783, d. April 8, 1855, aged 73 ; Nathan, b. 
Feb. 18, 1786; 3Iari/, h. Sept. 20, 1790, and d. young; Florinda, 
b. Nov. 24, 1793; Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1795. 

Whether the above named families resided in Lex. or only had 
their associations here, we are unable to say. Their names are upon 
Le.xington Records. 



THE IIICHARDSON FAMILY. 

Though the Richardsons have been numerous in Woburn and sev- 
eral other towns in tlie vicinity, there has been no permanent family 
of that name in Lexington till within a comparatively recent period; 
and the head of this family descended from a Newbury emigrant. 

William Riciiakd.son was in Newbury early, and m. Aug. 23, 
1654, Elizabeth Wiseman, and d, March 14, 1658. They had two 
children. Joseph, b. May, 1655, m. July, 1681, Margaret, dau. of 
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b June^9 ]?o7n T^^f* '^"?''^- ^"^'^^ their youngest child, 
b June 9 1.04 ra. Tiyphena. dau. of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth 
(Parker) Bodwel. They resided in Methu'en, and had ten children. 
Samuel, the sixth child of Caleb, b. Feb. 22 1749 m I nr-v vZtor 

?8'7"''dt7 "^T r.^l" P-volutionar; war:"Herjrr; 5 
lb3b aged 87; and she d. March 26, 1818, aged (34; thev had eight 
children b. in Methuen, viz. Samuel, b. July I, 1781 • Lua h Sv 

182o;BetsevP., b. March 13, 1787, is still living; Achsa, b. JuW 
/4, 1/89, d. Not. 7, 1819 ; Aaron P . b Julv '>9 I70i . rr;//- vT 
April 26. 1794. d. Aug. 2.' 1836; il/a;3/. b Jufy 27, mV ' ^• 



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T >? i^o.?T^'''''?>''' i'^^ *'"'^ '°" «f Samuel and Lucy, m. 
June 2b, 1823, Betsey Roed, dau. of Hammon and Sarah (Clan 
dler) Reed, b. June 15, 1799. She d. April 24, 1866, aged 57/ He 
came to Lex. April, 18z0. , fecuo*. ne 

Chandler R., b. AprillO. 1825, m. Feb. 16, 1859, Elvira L. Rich- 

b Mav ?"83' °^^ ^' ' ""^ -^^^"^'^ *"^ Harmony H. Richards, 

Sarah E., b. July 11. 1830; m. June 12. 1855. Freeborn F. Ray- 
mond. ^ 



THE ROBBINS FAMILY. 

Nathaniel RoBBiNs and Mary Brazier, his wife, came to this 
country from .Scotland about 1670, and settled in Cambrid<re where 
he d. 1719, aged 70 years. He was married about the time of his 
embarkation, and his children were all born in this country. He had 
at least eight children. 



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Rebecca, b. Jan. 6. 1671. 

Deborah, b. June 6, 1674. 

jNathaniel, b. Feb. 28, 1677 ; m. Hannah Chandler. 

Jonathan, b. Nov. 21, 1680. He lived in what is now Brighton 

Thomas, h. Nov. 6, 1683. When a young man, he was passin<r 
with a team from Boston to Cambridge, on a hot summer day° 
when he stopped to drink at a spring and died immediately. He 
was unmarried. 

Samuel, b. May 30, 1686. He settled in Sudbury 

Joseph, b. Nov. 8, 1689. 



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Nathaniel Robbins m. Hannah Chandler. About 1700 he 
moved to Charlestown, where he lived nearly thirty years, when he 
returned to Camb., where he d. Jan. 16, 1741, in his 64th j-ear 
His wife d. Sept. 15, 1738, aged 44 years. This family became 
quite distinguished in several of its branches. 



\Nathaniel, b. 1699. 

Mary, b. July 22, 1701 ; m. Joseph Russell. 

\Thomas, b. Aug. 11, 1703; d. in Lex. June 30, 1791. aged 

Hannah, b. June 30, 1705; m. Zebediah Johnson. 

Rebecca, b. 1707 ; m. Patten. 

{Philemon, h. Sept. 19, 1709; grad. H. C. 1729. 

16 Deborah, b. March 24, 1712; m. Joseph Robbins. 

17 i Sarah, b. ; m. Butterfield. 



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and lived in Charlestown, where 

two young children and a widow. He 



was mowing in the field in perfect health, when he fell and expired 
immediately. 



Thomas Robbins m. Ruth Johnson, who d. June 27, 1737, in her 
35th year, and he m. Exene Jackson. He and his wife, Exene, were 
ad. to the ch. in Lex. May 9, 1754, by a letter of dismission from 
the Second church of Camb. He came to Lex. about 1744, as his 
name appears upon the tax bill in 1745. He was a soldier in the 
French war from Lex. in 1758, and was enrolled in Capt. Parker's 
CO. in 1775. He was one of the assessors in 1746, and one of the 
selectmen in 1749. Several of his children were born before he came 
to Lex., and hence we have no full record of the family. His will, 
dated 1789, and proved 1791, mentions eldest son Thomas, Stephen, 
John, Nathaniel, and daughters Mary Mead, Susanna Wadsworth, 
Deborah Williams, Exene, Ruth, and Hannah. He d. Jan. 30, 
1791, aged 89; she d. Feb. 5, 1786, aged 79. The first six of the 
children were by the first wife. 

\ Thomas, b. about 1723. 
^Nathaniel, b. about 1727. 

Mary, b. about 1730; m. Mead. 

\Stephen, b. about 1733; m. Dec. 8, 1753, Sarah Wooten, 

Siisa7i)ia, b. about 1735; m. Wadsworth. 

Esther, b. about 1737. 

]John, b. about 1739 ; m. Oct. 14, 1761, Sarah Prentice of W. Camb. 

Exene, b. in Lex. Sept. 13, 1749, 

Deborah, h. Nov. 9, 1750; m. Williams. 

Euth, h. Nov. 11, 1752. 
Hannah, h. Dec. 1753. 

\Philemon, b. about 1756 ; m. Sally . 

Ebenezer, b. . 



Philemon Robbins grad. H. C. 1729, entered the ministry, and 
was settled at Branford, Conn. He m. Hannah Foot, 1735. She d. 
1776, and he m. wid. Jane Mills. He d. 1781. He had three sons. 
— one d. while in college, the other two were ministers. Ammi 
Ruhamah, grad. at Yale, 1760, settled at Norfolk, Conn., 1761. Two 
of his sons were ministers. Thomas, one of them, grad. at Williams, 
1796, settled at Mattapoisett. He was distinguished as an antiquary, 
and had during his ministry collected a very extensive and valuable 
library relating to American history, general history, and theology. 
He had a large and rare collection of Bibles. He d. in 1856, aged 
79, unm. Chandler Robbins, another son of Philemon, grad. at 
Yale, 1756, was ordained at Plymouth, Mass., 1760. He was a man 
of eminent talents, and his family was distinguished. His son 
Chandler, grad. H. C. 1782, was judge of probate at Hallowell, Me. ; 
Samuel P., grad. H. C. 1798, was minister at Marietta, Ohio; Peter 
O., was a physician at Roxbury, Mass. Chandler had sons Chandler, 
who was a physician in Boston, and William, a lawyer at Fayetteville, 
N. C, both graduates of Bowdoin College. Peter G. had sons 
Chandler, who grad. H. C. 1829, ordained at the Old North Church 
in Boston, 1833 ; and Samuel D., grad. Ilarv.Theolog. School, 1833, 
settled in Lynn, afterwards at Framingham, and now at Wayland. 

The Robbinses mentioned above have been highly distinguished, 
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Thomas Robbins was taxed in Lex. and filled important offices, 
but we find no record of Avifi3 or children ; he may have remained 
single. He was selectman in 1772, 74, '78. He d. Dec. 2, 1804, 
aged 82. 



Nathaniel Robbins grad. H, C. 1747. He studied theology, 
settled at Milton, where he m. a Hutchinson, and d. 1795. One of 
his sons, Edward Hutchinson, b. Feb. 19, 1758, grad. H. C. 1775. 
He entered the legal profession, was chosen to represent the town in 
the Legislature. In 1793 was chosen speaker, an office which he 
held nine years; in 1812 was elected lieut. -governor ; in 1814 was 
appointed judge of probate of Norfolk county. He d. Dec. 29, 1829. 



Stephen Robbins m. Dec. 8, 1753, Sarah Wooten, dau. of Capt. 
Wooten. She d. Dec. 16, 1791. 



; went to Pennsylvania. 



John, b. — 

Sarah, bap. March 14, 1756 ; m'. Charles Cutter of West Camb. 

■\Stej}hen, bap. Feb. 5, 1758 ; m. Abigail Winship. 

Philemon, bap. Nov. 11, 1759; d. May 30, 1829. 

Lucy, bap. Dec. 27, 1761 ; d. unm. 

Nathan, b. ; m. a Prentice, resided in West Cambridge. 

Deborah, bap. June 30, 1765 ; m. Blodgett. 



John Robbins m. Oct. 14, 1761, Sarah Prentice of West Camb. 
He was of Capt. Parker's co. in 1775. 



24^38 Sarah, b. March 2, 1762. 



John, b. Oct. 16, 1769. 
Ruth, b. July 9, 1774. 



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Philemon Robbins m. Sally . 

Sally, b. Nov. 3, 1781. 45 Philemon, b. Dec. 9, 

Joshua, b. May 25, 1785; d. Aug. 13, 1817. 



1783. 



Stephen Robbins m. Abigail Winship. He d. Oct. 12, 1847, 
aged 89; she d. March 31, 1850, aged 90. He was a fur dresser, 
and introduced that business into the East Village, which contributed 
greatly to the growth and prosperity of the place. He, and his son 
Eli after him, prosecuted that branch of industry, employing at times 
from eighty to one hundred hands. This of course would require 
dwellings, and many houses were erected in consequence of this busi- 
ness. Similar enterprise would be productive of benefit to the town 
in any section thereof at the present day. 

Stephen, b. May 26, 1780 ; m. June 5, 1811, Mary Harrington. He 

d. in iioston, Aug. 25, 1846. 
Samuel, b. Sept. 7, 1781. He went to Windsor, Vt., where he m. 
Nabby, b. July 24, 1783 ; m. June 16, 1809, James H. Langdon of 

Vermont. 
^Sli, b. Nov. 12, 1786 ; m. July 31, 1809, Hannah Simonds. 
Martin, b. July 6, 1788 ; d. young. 
Lot, b. March 28, 1790 ; is living, unmarried. 
Caira, b. April 2, 1794. 



Eli Robbins m. July 31, 1809, Hannah Simonds, dau. of Joshua 
and Martha (Bovvers) Simonds. He d. Sept. 27, 1856, aged 70; 



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I she (1. Dec. 13, 1864, aged 78. He was a man of great activity and 
enterprise, and did niiicii to build up the village in the east part of 
the town. He caused a tower to be erected on the high land in the 
rear of the settlement, which, together with his residence, will be 
seen in the following engraving. 







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EannaJi M., b. Aug. 12, 1812. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1814; m. Dec. 23, 1839, Stillman L. Lothrop of 
Boston. He d. in the West Indies, Nov. 22, 1859, aged 49; 
he had two sons, — Stillman Follen, b. May 1, 1841; m. Nov. 
18, 1867, Sarah Jane Holbrook of Winchester; George Langdon, 
b. Jan. 27, 1846. Mr. Lothrop, the father, is a descendant in a 
direct line from Mark Lothrop of Duxbury, b. 1656. 

Ellen A., b. May 21, 1817 ; m. Dec. 8, 1853, Abner Stone, b. in Lex. 
1812. They were m. at- Hartford, Conn., by Rev. Thomas Rob- 
bins. They have two children, Ellen A., b. Oct. 7, 1854, and 
Mary R., b. July 17, 1860. 

Julia Ann, b. May 6, 1819 ; m. 1860, John Barrett of Concord. 

Marrj L., b. March 23, 1824; d. 1832. 

Eli M., b. April 4, 1826 ; r. in New York, where he has a wife and 
one child, b. 1859. 

Martha, b. Jan. 21, 1829 ; d. same month. 



THE ROBINSON FAMILY. 

This family has never been very numerous in Lexington, nor were 
they among the earliest settlers. The first of the name which 
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Jonathan Robinson, son of William, b. in Cambridge, April 
20, 1682. I find on a copy of the Will of Richard Cutler of Cam- 
bridge, made a short time before his death in 1G93, this endorsement : 
"For the two Robinsons, grandsons to the deceased." This paper 
being found among the papers left by Jonathan Robinson, and 
Richard Cutler having several dau., one of them may have m. a 
Robinson, the father of Jonathan. It appears by a deed in posses- 
sion of the fiimily, that Isaac Powers of Camb., sold to Jonathan 
Robinson of Camb., weaver, in 1706, a lot of land at Camb. Farms, 
bounded northerly by Concord road, easterly by land of Joanna 
Winship, southerly by land of John Dickson, and westerly by land 
of the heirs of Samuel Winship. This and other deeds of land to 
Jonathan Robinson, bounded by the Winships, Whitmores, and 
Bowmans, leaves no doubt but that he resided on or near the place 
now occupied by Mr. Jonas Gammell, at the termination of Oak 

street. Jonathan Robinson m. Ruth , and probably came to 

the Farms about 1706. He d. 1753, and she d. April 25, 1759. He 
filled the honorable office of tythingman in 1735, and in 1744 was on 
a committee to " dignify and seat the meeting house." 

\Jonathan, b. July 25. 1707. 

Rutli, b. June 29, 1709; d. Oct. 23, 1722. 

Abigail, b. Feb. 4, 1711 ; m. Nathaniel Bacon of Lexington. 

\James, h. Aug. 30, 1715; m. 1751, Anna Trask. 

Lydia, h. Aug. 29, 1718; m. Caleb Simonds. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1721 ; d. Oct. 24, 1721. 



Jonathan Robinson m. Elizabeth 
the ch. July 18, 1742. He d. 1748. 



Thev were ad. to 



Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1732. 
\Jacoh, b. Feb. 3, 1739. 



9 Jonathan, b. Sept, 29, 1733. 
11 Submit, bap. July 17, 1743. 



James Robinson m. May 23, 1751, Anna Trask. She d. and he 

m. second, Margaret , by whom he had eight children. He 

was ad. to the ch. March 10, 1765. She d. Nov. 5, 1767, and he m. 

third, Elizabeth , by whom he had three children. He d. 

Aug. 12, 1774. 

FiUth, b. Jan. 28, 1753. 

^Joseph, b. March 18, 1755; m. Mrs. Betty Hadlcy. 

Silas, b. Feb. 20, 1757 ; m. and had a child which d. Dec. 17, 1777. 

Asa, b. Jan. 19, 1759 ; was in the campaign to N. Y., 1776. 

James, h. Nov. 26, 1760; m. May 25, 1787, Judith Reed of Woburn. 

He was a soldier in the Continental army. 
lihoda, b. May 10, 1763 ; d. young. 
\Ebenezer, h. Feb. 14, 1765; d. in Vt., 1857, aged 92. 
Persis, bap. Feb. 1, 1767. 

Bhoda, bap. Oct. 20, 1771 ; m. May 24, 1781, Simeon Snow. 
Jjydia, bap. Jan. 6, 1772. 22 James, bap. Dec. 1, 1773. 



Jacob Robinson m. 
ch. March 21, 1775. 



Elizabeth Draper. They were ad. to the 



\Jacoh, b. Oct. 28, 1762; ra. Hannah Simonds. 
Elizabeth b. March 6, 1765; d. Dec. 29, 1767. 
\ Jesse, b. July 14, 1767; m. Rebecca Tidd. 
\Jonathan, b. June 20, 1769 ; was twice married. 
Betty, b. Feb. 26, 1772 ; m. White of Watertown. 



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Nathan, b. Dec. 1, 1775 ; d. Sept. 22, 1776. 



Gardner of Capibridt^e. 



Joseph Robinson m. Mrs. Betty Hadley, wid. of Samuel Mad- 
ley, who was killed April 19, 1775. He was a member of Capt. 
Parker's company, and joined in the first act of the Revolutionary 
drama. Nor did his zeal in the cause of liberty cease with the 
opening scene. He enlisted with the eight months' men in 1775, 
and served with the twelve months' men the year following, and sub- 
sequently entered the continental line. He lived to enjoy the 
bounty of his country, and to see her prosperous and happy, and d. 
April 14, 1830, aged 75. She d. Feb. 9, 1831. 

Rhoda. h. May 17, 1781 ; m. May 17, 1810, John Gammell of Charles- 
town, and d Sept. 11, 1861. 

Margaret, h. Feb. 20, 1783. 

Nanaj, h. Jan. 30, 1785 ; m. July 20, 1809, Thomas Cutler of West 
Cambridge. 

Joseph, b. July 14, 1787; m. Lydia Gair of Boston. He d. May 
18, 1822. 



Ebenezer Robinson d. in South Reading, Vt., Oct. 31, 1857, in 
his 92d year. He was too young to take part in the opening scene 
of the Revolution ; but before he was sixteen he enlisted with others 
in a privateer. While on this voyage, having made two prizes, and 
sent them into Boston, they fell in with several armed ships, and 
after a desperate struggle in which he was slightly wounded, tliey 
were made prisoners. He was taken to New York, and confined in 
an old prison ship, where from the packed state of the ship, scanty 
supply of provision, and other inhuman treatment, he suffered every 
thing but death. After about six months' confinement in this loath- 
some prison, he was exchanged; and in a weak, ragged, and penni- 
less condition, was obliged to beg his way home to Lexington, 
suffering at one time the cold repulses and scoffings of the Tories, 
and cheered and encouraged at others, by the generosity of the 
Patriots. Having reached home, and recovered from his imprison- 
ment and suffering, young Robinson enlisted into the Continental 
army for three years — being then seventeen years of age. For a 
few months he was stationed at West Point, and was then ordered to 
New York, where he was connected with the body guard of Wash- 
ington. On the return of peace, having served about two years, he 
returned to Lexington, where he remained till 1788, when he in 
company with an older brother moved to South Reading, Vt., then 
an almost unbroken wilderness. In 1792, he erectetl a frame house, 
and m. Hannah Ackley, Avho had recently immigrated to that place 
from Connecticut. He was highly esteemed as a man and a citizen, 
and filled with honor several military and civil offices. He was 
always devoted to the cause of liberty, and died re.spected by his 
fellow-citizens. 



Jacob Robinson m. Aug. 26, 1790, Hannah Simonds, dau. of 
John and Mary (Tufts) Simonds. They were ad. to the ch. April 
4, 1791. He d. Sept. 12, 1848, aged 84. She d. Oct. 18, 1853, 
aged 80. lie was selectman in 1805 and 1806, and an assessor 
several years. 

\ Jacob, b. April 24, 1791 ; m. Ann Hall, 
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Eannal, b. April 25, 1795; m. April 8, 1821, Charles Tufts of 

Charlestown, founder of Tufts Collejre. 
John, b. April 30, 1797 ; d. Sept. 2G, 1801. 
Georqe, b. Dec. 2. 1799; d. Sept. 22, 1801. , 

\Clmrlcs, b. May 5, 1802 ; m. Oct. 16, 1827, Mary Davis. 
Jolnu b. Aug. 19, 1804. He has for many years labored under a 

quiet kind of insanity. 
Harriet b. Nov. 6, 1806 ; m. Thomas C. Gllmor. 
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Jessk Robinson m. Nov. 24, 1793, Rebecca Tidd of Acton. 
They moved to Bedford, where they had several other chddren thaa 
the two mentioned below. 



Rebecca, b. Feb. 14, 1795. 



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Jonathan Robinson ra. Joanna Jennings. She d. and he m. 
May 1, 1831, Mary Jennings. He had no children. 



Jacob Robinson m. Jan. 9. 1818, Ann Hall of Cambridge. She 
d April 19, 1850, aged 57, and he m. Oct. 13, 1850, Lucinda Davis 
of Medford. He had no chihlren by either wife. He was an asses- 
sor three years. He was also a of justice of the peace. 



Charles Robinson m. Oct. 16, 1827, Mary Davis of Con., dau. 
of Abel and Lavinia (Hosmer) Davis. Lavinia Hosmer w_as a dau. 
of Joseph, who acted as adjutant at Concord, April 19, 1775. He 
has served as selectman several years. 

Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1829; m. July 4, 1858, Rebecca T. Ames of 
Charlestown, where he resides and does business as a lawyer. He 
has also been a trial justice, and mayor of the city. 

George D., b. Jan. 20, 1834. He grad. H. C. 1856, and was en- 
gaged some eight or ten years as a teacher of the High School at 
Chicopee. He m. ^ov. 24, 1859, Hannah E. Stevens, dau. of 
William and Nan-y Stevens. She d. Sept. 5, 1864. aged 31 years. 
He read law with his brother, and is now in practice in Chicopee. 
He m. second, Julv 11. 1867, Susan E. Simonds of Lex., dau. of 
J. F. Simonds. He has Walter S., b. March 22, 1861. 



There are other Robinsons in town not connected with the preced- 
ing family, whose descent as far as ascertained is as follows : 

Jonathan Robinson of New Market, N. H., m. Mary Chase of 
Exeter, by whom he had ten children. Noah, their seventh son b. 
in Stratham, May 7, 1757, m. for his first wife, Nancy Wiggin of 
Stratham. In 1790, after serving his country throuoh the whole 
period of the Revolution, he moved to New Hampton in that State, 
which was then a howling wilderness. His wife dying, he m. June 
26, 1805, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown of Portsmouth, N. H. He d. Feb. 
lo] 1827*. He had by his two wives seven sons and two daughters. 

SiMoK W. Robinson, the fourth son of Capt. Noah, b. Feb. 19, 
1792, m. Hannah T. Danforth of Billerlca, by whom he had four 
children— two sons and two daughters, viz. Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1817 ; 
John B., b. May 30, 1819 ; Henrij B.. b. Oct. 3, 1821. and d. March 
25, 1826 ; Hannah A., b. Dec. 22, 1823, d. Feb. 7, 1856. He came 
to Boston in 1813 and went into business, where he remained thirty- 
Ifour years, when he came to Lex. in 1847, His wife d. Oct., 1843, 
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and he m. 1847, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Little of Bucksport, Me. Mr. 
Robinson, when in Boston was elected to the Legislature, and has 
also represented the town of Lexington in that body. He has lor 
many years held a commission of justice of the peace. 



Geohge W. Robinson, a, son of Capt. Noah by his second wife, 
was b. Feb. 23, 1808, and m. Dec. 5, 1830, Maria Jewett, dau. of 
Nathaniel Jewett of Charlestown. He came to Lex. 1848, where 
the last three of his children were born. He is engaged in mercan- 
tile business in Boston. The following are his children. George 
Henry, b. Sept. 26, 1833, d. at sea on his passage home from the 
f:ast Indies, Feb. 24, 18o8 ; Frances Maria, b. Feb. 26, 1836; 
Emily Hamhlet, b. March 1, 1840, d. Oct. 30, 1841; Frederick 
Osburn, b. May 11, 1842; he has spent several years in mercantile 
pursuits at the Mauritius ; Theodore Parker, b, July 29, 1845 ; Wil- 
liam Howard, b. June 13, 1848 ; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 24, 1852 ; 
Edith Jewett, b. May 28, 1858. 



THE RUSSELL FAMILY. 

William Russell and his wife Martha, the ancestors of the Lex- 
ington Russells came over from England early, and like many of the 
early emigrants, did not at once fix upon their location. They were 
in Camb. 1645, and were members of the church there. He d. Feb. 
14, 1662. She m. March 24, 1665, Humphrey Bradshaw, and in 
1683, Thomas Hall, and d. 1694. Several of their children were b. 
in England. 

\Joseph, b. 1636 ; m. June 23, 1662, Mary Belcher ; d. June 26, 1691. 

^Benjamin, probably b. in England ; m. Rebecca . 

Phebe, probably b. in England ; d. July 8, 1642. 

\John, b. Sept. 11, 1645; m. Elizabeth . 

Martha, b. . 

\l>hilip, b. 1650; m. April 19, 1680, Joanna Cutler. 

\William, b. April 28, 1655; m. Abigail Winship. 

\Jason, b. Nov. 14, 1658 ; m. June 27, 1684, Mary Hubbard. 

Joyce, b. March 31, 1660; m. Oct. 13, 1680, Edmund Rice of Sud. 



Joseph Russell m. June 23, 1662, Mary Belcher. They resided 
in Camb; She d. June 23, 1691. 

Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1665. 

Martha, b. June 27, 1666; d. May 26, 1691. 
Abigail, b. May 12, 1668 ; m. Matthew Bridge. 
Prudence, b. May 30, 1670. 
Joseph, b. July 15, 1673 ; d. young. 

Walter, b. May 30, 1676; m. Elizabeth Winship, dau. of Edward 
Winship, 2d. They resided at W. Camb. and had a large family. 

\Joseph } ^^^- ^ j^^^g 21, 1680; \ ^''^'^'^^^^ "^ Lexington. 

Jeremiah, ^ i 

John, b. May 5, 1683. 21 Samuel, b. Sept. 9, 1685. 



Benjamix Russell m, Rebecca . They resided in Camb. 

and had Rebecca, d. 1673 ; Jason, Benjamin, William, Joyce, and 
Sarah. 



John Russell m. Elizabeth -J — . He was at Camb. Farms at 
the organization of the parish in 1693, and was the largest subscriber 
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ch. in 1696, and his -wife removed her relation from the ch. in Camb. 
to that of Lex. soon after. He was not only a man of wealth, but 
was an active and valuable citizen, and filled various offices under 
the parish and town organization. The record of his family is quite 
defective. Probably d. March 6, 1733. 

tJ"o7m, b. Nov. 9, 1671. 23 TJwmas, b. Sept. 13, 1673. 

Maltha, b. Sept. 1, 1675; d. Dec. 7, 1675. 

Benjamin, b. April 2, 1677. 26 Abigail, b. April 18, 1686. 

Patience, b. May 27, 1688. 27h Esther, b. Dec. 19, 1700. 

They probably had children between 1676 and 1686. 



Philip Russell m. April 19, 1680, Joanna Cutler, dau. of James 
Cutler, b. 1660, and d. Nov. 26, 17()3, aged 43; and he m. second, 
Oct. 18, 1705, Sarah Brooks of Med. The name of Philip Russell is 
borne upon our earliest parish and town records ; and he appears to 
have enjoyed the confidence of the people, not only in the new settle- 
ment but in the old town. Though residing in the precinct, he was 
one of the selectmen of Old Camb. in 17i.0and 1701. He was a sub- 
scriber for the meeting house at the Farms in 1692, and on the com- 
mittee to " seat the meeting house," when it was ready for occupa- 
tion. He d. Feb. 7, 1730, aged 80 years. The record of his famdy 
is imperfect, but from the probate files we have been enabled to pre- 
sent the following. 

Joanna, b. Dec. 30, 1684; m. about 1716, William Munroe as his 

second wife. She was ad. to the ch. Dec. 24, 1727. 
^Philip, b. Sept. 18, 1688 ; d. March 3, 1773, aged 85. 
Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1691. 
Jemima, b. 1692 ; m. AVilliam Locke. 

\Jamefi, b. ; m. Mary . 

\William, b. ; m. Elizabeth . 

Sarah, b. ; m. April 26, 1739, Joseph Russell. 

Abigail, b. Oct. 27, 1700; m. Sprague. 

Susanna, b. Oct. 27, 1706. 



William Russell m. March 18, 1683, Abigail Winship. dau of 
Lieut. Edward Winship of Camb. We have little knowledsre of the 
family, as they probably never came to Lex. They had William, b. 
1687, who m. Mary, and d. in Lex. Nov. 25, 1731 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 
31, 1688. d. unm. June 20, 1710; Edward, b. 1694, d. June 21, 
1696. They probably had other children. 



Jason Russell m. May 27, 1684, Mary Hubbard of Camb.. where 
they resided. They had Jason, b. 1687, John, Martha, Hubbard^ 
Thomas, Elizabeth, and Noah. The late Col. Thomas Russell of W. 
Camb. was a descendant of this family, being a son of Thomas, son of 
Jason, son of Hubbard. 



Joseph Russell m. Jane . He was in the French war. 

He d. Dec. 20, 1763. The want of records leaves us almost without 
knowledge of this family. The probate files furnish a few facts. 
They had at least Jabez, Ephraim, and Joseph. Joseph m. April 26, 
1739, Sarah Russell, dau. of Philip Russell. They were cousins. 
They had two children, one b. Jan. 11, d. Jan. 13, 1740; Sarah, b. 
Feb. 28, 1740, and d. June 10, 1741. Sarah, the mother, d. May 
29, 1742, and Joseph, the husband, d. March 23, 1743. _ Thus this 
family became extinct. Joseph, the husband of Jane, in his Will, 



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proved 1763, speaks of wife Jane, dau. Abigail Bowman, and sons 
TlioiTias, Jabez, and Ephraim. Of the latter alone have we any 
full record. , 

^Ephraim, b. 1730; m. Miriam Wheeler of Bedford. 



JoHX Russell m. Rebecca . They were ad. to the ch. in 

Lex. April 10, 1715. He d. June 14, 1746. 



Rebecca, b. June 24, 1711. 
Abigail, h. Feb. 15, 1716. 
Solomon, b. Aug. 5, 1723. 



39 Adonijah, b, Feb. 25. 1713. 
41 John, h. April 26, 1719. 
43 Joseph, b. Aug. 13, 1729. 



Philip Russell m. Sarah . They were ad. to the ch. Oct. 

5, 1718. She d. Dec. 17, 1767 ; he d. ]\Iarch 3, 1773. He was con- 
stable in 1733, and subsequently he served on the school comuiittee. 

Sarah, b. May 22, 1718. 

Millicent, b. Dec. 29, 1720; m. Joshua Bond. 

Mary, b. May 13, 1722; d. Aug. 12, 1736. 

Phebe, b. April 14, 1725; d. July 29, 1736. 

\ Philip, h. April 5, 1727 ; m. April 24, 1750, Lydia Eaton of Read. 

\Joseph, b. June 19, 1729; m. Hannah . 

Joanna, b. Nov. 21, 1731. 



James Russell m. about 1706, Mary . They were ad. to the 

ch. in Lex. May 24, 1719. He was one of the subscribers for the 
purchase of the Common, 1711. He d. April 1, 1748. 

Mary, bap. Aug. 3, 1707. 52 James, bap. Aug. 21, 1709. 

Josiah, bap. April 1, 1711; moved to Plaintield, Conn. 
Samuel, bap. Nov. 9, 1712. 55 Joanna, b. April 8, 1714. 

Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1716. 57 Ahiqail, b. April 29, 1718. 

Lucy, b. April 15, 1720; ra. Nov. 23, 1738, Moses Goodnow, Sud. 



William Russell m. Elizabeth . He was constable in 1722, 

and 1723. He d. Nov. 25, 1731. He held a commission of captain. 

Nathaniel, bap. Feb. 23, 1707 ; m. and had Abigail, b. Mar. 10, 1728. 
Lydia, bap. June 3, 1711. 61 Submit, bap. Dec. 28, 1712. 

Joel, b. Aug. 2, 1710. 



Ephraim Russell m. Jan. 9, 1755, Miriam Wheeler of Bed. 
They were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Dec. 5, 1756. 



Ephraim, b. Nov. 1, 1755. 
Nathan, bap. Dec. 9, 1759. 
Joseph, bap. Dec. 11, 1764. 



61 Solomon, b. Jan. 29, 1758. 
66 Calvin, bap. Jan. 17, 1762. 
67i Dorcas, bap. March 30, 1766. 



Philip Russell m. April 24, 1750, Lydia Eaton of Reading, by 
whom he had one son, Amos. She d. Oct. 5, 1751, and he m. sec- 
ond, June 22, 1758, Lydia Dodge, by whom he had nine children. 
He d. Jan. 19, 1816, aged 89; she d. Feb. 28, 1772. In his Will, 
dated 1796, he mentions sons Amos, Nathan, and Jonas, and dau. 
Phebe Merriara and Lucy Harrington. 

Amos, b. Dec. 5, 1750 ; m. Feb. 23, 1773, Betty Munroe and moved 
to Gardner, where they had Samuel and Sarah. He d. ia Lejt. 
June 26, 1801. 



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Lydia, b. Nov. 9, 1758; d. Mav 25, 1777, aged 19. 
\Nathan, b. March 1, 1760; m.'june 18, 1795, Sybil Blood. 
Sarah, b. March 24, 1761 ; m. Dec. 21, 1780, Jonas Locke, and d. 

1799. 
Thomas, b. April 10, 1762 ; d. Nov. 15, 1763. 
Phebe, b. May 24, 1764 ; m. 1783, Joseph Merriam of Bed. She d. 

May 29, 1845. 
Thomas, b. Feb. 18, 1766; d. May 14, 1766. 
Jonas, b. April 29. 1767 ; d. Nov. 21, 1847, aged 81. 
Luci/, h. Nov. 7, 1768; m. 1792, Joseph Harrington. 
A child, b. March 16, 1771 ; d. May 27, 1771. 



Joseph Russell m. Hannah . She d. Sept. 15, 1808, aged 

83. He d. Oct. 17, 1802, aged 73. They had Hannah, b. Aug. 12, 
1764. Her mother, her last-surviving parent, dying 1808, Hannah 
was left alone, and she lived about thirty years the sole occupant of 
the house, and d. 1838, unm., aged 74 years. Her house was near 
the present residence of Col. Philip Russell. 



Nathan Russell m. June 18, 1795, Sybil Blood of Carlisle, who 
was b. June 25, 1765. She d. Jan. 28, 1853, aged 88, and he d. 
Jan. 9, 1848, aged 88. 

\Philip, b. Aug. 6. 1796 ; m. March 16, 1837, Sabra Wood of Bur. 
Nathan, b. July 4, 1798 ; m. Mary A. Thayer of West Camb. She 

d. Feb. 12, 1830, and he m. second, Nov. 14, 1830, Elizabeth 

Farwell of Camb. She d. July 3, 1852, and he m. third, 1854, 

Abigail Whitney. His wives were all of Camb. where he resided, 

and died. 
Thomas, b. Feb. 2, 1800 ; m. July 24, 1828, Cynthia Jones. They 

resided in Cambridge. 
Bowen, b. March 24, 1802; m. first, May 12, 1825, Susan K. Locke. 

She d. Dec. 19, 1826, and he m. second, June 6, 1833, Mehitabel 

Locke. They resided at West Cambridge. 
Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1804; ) m. Nov. 24, 1829, Isaac B. Smith. 
Stephen, b. Feb. 22, 1804. \ 

Lydia, b. Sept. 30, 1806 ; } d. Nov. 26, 1844, unm. 
Sally, b. Sept. 30, 1806 ; \ m. Oct. 16, 1834, Thomas Joyce, whose 

name was afterwards changed to Thomas J. White. He resided 

in Cambridge. 
Betsey, b. May 2, 1808. 

It is worthy of remark that in the above family there were nine 
children born in less than twelve years. This is explained by the 
remarkable fact that there were two pairs of twins in the family. 



Philip Russell m. INIarch 16, 1837, Sabra Wood of Burlington. 
She d. Oct. 10, 1862. The confidence reposed in him by his icllow 
citizens is manifest from the various offices he has been called to fill. 
lie was selectman thirteen years, assessor five years, and represen- 
tative nine years. He was also actively engaged in the military, 
and passed through the various grades till he enjoyed the title of 
colonel. 



Sabra Ann, b. Feb. 3, 1838 ; d. May 15, 1862. 

Philip Marshall, b. June 9, 1839 ; m. Rebecca 

one child, Sabra. b. Oct. 12, 1866. 
Flcnry Anslin, b. Nov. 16, 1841 ; d. March 15, 1866. 
Martha Ella, b. Nov. 18, 1850. 



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We have found more than ordinary difficulty in tracing the Russell 
family. There were llussells in town who probably did not descend 
from William and Martha. There were Russells in Charlestown and 
in Wobiirn, and probably some of the name came into Lexington. 
Early upon our records we find the name of Jonathan Russell, who 
appeared to have been a man of some note, as he filled the office of 
constable in 1717, and subsequently was otherwise noticed. He was 
ad. to the ch. Dec. 19, 1708. He may have come to Lex. from Wo. 

Jonathan Russell m. Elizabeth . 

Elizabefh, h. July 15, 1702. 3 Mary, h. Jan. 1, 1705. 

Jiinalhan, b. April 5, 1707; dismissed to Acton, April, 1742. 
Jane, b. April 19, 1711; m. Feb. 11, 1735, Benjamin Lawrence. 
Rulh, b. May 24, 1714. 7 Ebenezer, b. May 1, 1717. 

Samuel, b, Feb. 3, 1723. 9 Hester, b. April 4, 1725. 



Eleazek Russell m. Nov. 23, 1738, Tabitha Prentice. They 
were ad. to the ch. of Lex. Aug. 19, 1739. 



Martha, b. Feb. 1739. 



3 Thaddeus, b. Jan. 27, 1742. 



David Russell m. Abigail >-^^~^. They were ad. to the ch. Dec. 
19, 1708. He was an assessor, 1710. He may have come from 
Charlestown or Woburn. 



David, bap. Oct. 29, 1699. 
Abigail, bap. Sept. 9, 1705. 
Jason, bap. July 23, 1710. 



3 John, bap. Dec. 6, 1702. 
5 Hannah, bap. June 6, 1708. 
7 Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1716. 



The following baptisms we are unable to classify. 



William Russell, bap. Feb. 12, 1716 

S^^;'''^ twins, bap. Feb. 17, 1716. 

Eleazer, bap. May 12, 1717. 
Isaac, bap. Sept. 1, 1729. 
Jonathan, bap. May 1 1, 1735 
Azubah, bap. May 22, 1741. 
Mary, bap. April 3, 1748. 



5 Esther, bap. May 23, 1725. 

7 Keziah, bap. Nov. 22, 1730. 

9 James, bap. April 22, 1739. 

11 Ebenezer f bap. Aug. 9, 1741. 



The following transient baptisms of the Russells do not fall in 
with any consecutive record. 

Mary, of James Russell, jr., bap. Aug. 25, 1734 ; probably d. young. 
Mary, of James, jr., b. April, 1736. 

Thomas Russell, of Josiah. bap. May 25, 1739. 
Hannah Russell, of Josiah, bap. July 28, 1745. 

May have been the children of Josiah Russell, the son of James, 
(No. 35). Josiah (No. 63) was at one time in Connecticut. He 
might have returned. 



Col. Joshua Russell from Wo. resided for a time in Lex., but 
has no descendants in town at the present day. 



John A. Russell, son of Jeremiah Russell of West Camb., b. 
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and Abigail (White) Locke, b. May 3, 1816. He came to Lex. 
1833. They have Leonora, b. Aug. 3, 184:3 ; John Adams, b. May 
5, 1846 ; Amy M., b. June 3, 1849, d. Sept. 10, 1803 ; Celia, b. July 
4, 1851. 



THE SAYILLE FAMILY. 

Edward Saville of Weymouth, and William Saville of Brain- 
tree, were both in the country as early as 1640. But it is not known 
from which, if from either, the family we design to trace descended. 

Thomas Saville, said to have come from Maiden, settled in 
Gloucester, in a part of the town called Squam, where he d. at the 
age of 84. He m. 1722, Mary Haraden. They had several children, 
among whom was Jesse, who was one of his majesty's custom house 
officers in 1770. The opposition to British taxation rendered every 
officer of the crown unpopular. Saville shared the fate of all such 
officers. His house was assailed, and he was treated with violence. 
It does not appear, however, that he espoused the cause of Great 
Britain. Babson in his History of Gloucester, says of him, "He 
lived a useful and retired life, and d. March 11, 1823, at an advanced 
age." He had several sons ; John went to sea and was taken prisoner 
and carried to England, and never returned ; Oliver, d. on a voyage 
to India ; David, was lost at sea. Besides these, he had Thomas, 
James, and William. 

Thomas Saville b. Aug. 18, 1764; m. May 10, 1787, Betsey 
Haraden, b. June 15, 1764. He d. May 7, 1845; she d. Sept. 23, 
1836. They had several children who d. in infancy. Besides they 
had the following. 

Betsey, b. 1788 ; d. 1816. 3 Thomas, b. 1791 ; d. 1809. 

John, b. 1793; d. 1833. 5 3Iartha B., b. April 22, 1802. 

]David, b. June 2, 1804 : m. Sept. 12, 1830, Ann W. Leonard. 
James, b. Jan. 29, 1808. 8 Laura, b. April 5, 1810. 



David Saville m. Sept. 12, 1830, Ann W. Leonard, dau. of 
Rev. Ezra and Nancy (Woodbury) Leonard, b. July 19, 1808. 
Mr. Leonard, the father-in-law of Mr. Saville, was a Congregation- 
alist clergyman in Gloucester. In the course of his ministry he 
embraced the doctrine of universal salvation, and such was his influ- 
ence in his parish, and such his hold upon their esteem and affections, 
that his whole congregation either adopted his views, or quietly 
tolerated them, so that no rupture occurred in the society, and he 
continued to be their pastor. Mr. Saville resided in Gloucester till 
1845, when he moved to Charlestown, and in 1849 he removed to 
Lexington. His father being a seafaring man, he accompanied him 
on voyages at an early age, and continued in the calling of a mariner 
till he became master of a vessel. He was taken prisoner on the 
coast of Chili by a privateer and set on shore, where he was forced 
into the army, from which he escaped and shipped on board a whaler. 
In his voyages he visited dillerent parts of both continents. He was 
in the West India and South American trade ; made voyages to the 
Baltic and the Mediterranean, and left the sea about 1835. In 1836 
and 1838, he represented his native town in the Legislature, and was 
for some years an inspector in the Boston Custom House. Since 
1849, he has spent most of his time in California, keeping up his 
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Leonard A., b. Jan. 31, 1833; m. June 5, 1862, Rebecca H. Gould, 
dau. of James Gould of Lex. He has spent five years in Cali- 
fornia. They have two children, Fred Clifford, b. Feb. 21, 1803; 
Anna Muzzeij, b. Sept. 19, 1806. He is in trade in Lex. ; was 
chosen town clerk, 1868. 

John, b. July 7, 1835; d. Jan. 6, 1838. 

Annie W., b. July 8, 1838; m. Dec. 13. 1860, David W. Muzzey. 

Clifford, b. July 19, 1840.' He was nine mouths in the service in 
North Carolina in the late Rebellion. 

David, b. May 8, 1843 ; he was killed at Gloucester, Sept 29, 1853, 
by the accidental discharge of a gun. 

Frank Edward, b. Dec. 24, 1846. He was b. in Charlestown, while 
his brothers and sisters were all b. in Gloucester. 



THE SIMONDS FAMILY. 

The SImondses of Lexington, originated in Woburn, and came to 
this place about 1080. The first notice of them in the Woburn 
records, is in 1644. When they came to the country is unknown. 

William Simonds of Wo. m. Jan. 28, 1044, Judith Hayward, 
dau. of James Hayward. He settled in Wo., about a mile and a 
half westerly of the centre of the town, where he built a house which 
was used as a fort during the Indian wars. He was one of the pro- 
prietors of the town, and became a considerable landholder. He was 
denominated a planter. He served, as most of the men at that day 
did, in the military movements of the times. He was admitted a 
freeman in 1070. He d. in 1070, leaving a wife and a large family 
of children. His widow survived him twenty years, and d. Jan. 5, 
1090. 

1- 2 Sarah, b. Aug. 8. 1044. 3 Judith, b. May 13, 1646. 

4 Mary, b Jan. 19, 1648. 

5 Caleb, b. Aug. 26, 1649 ; ra. Sept. 1677, Sarah Bacon. 

6 William, b. April 25, 1651. 

7 ^Joseph, b. Sept. 28, 1652 ; d. Aug. 12. 1733, in Lexington. 

Benjamin, h. Starch 28, 1654 ; m Rebecca . 

Tabaiha, b. July 30, 1656 ; d. same dav. 

10 Ijames, b. Oct. 11, 1657; m. Feb. 19, 1685, Susanna Blodgett. 



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Beihiah, b. Feb. 11, 1659; m. Aug. 13, 1696, John Walker. 
Iluldah, b. Jan. 23, 1660; m. May 10, 1683, Samuel Blodgett. 



Joseph Simonds m. March 7, 1681, Mary Tidd, dau. of John 
and Rebecca (Wood) Tidd. Mr. Simonds and his father-in-law 
both came from Wo. and settled in the same neighborhood, near 
where Mr. Charles Johnson now resides. The locality is marked by 
the huge and venerable elms which have braved the tempests of nearly 
two centuries. His name is found on the earliest records of Lex., he 
bf'ing a subscriber to the first meeting house in 1692. His name is 
also borne on the first tax bill in 1693, and was among the eight or 
ten highest tax payers on the list. In 1095, we find the name of 
Si-rgeant Joseph Simonds among the assessors, along with Sergeant 
Thomas Cutler and Corporal William Reed, so that at that early 
day he seems to have been on the high road of military promotion. 
He was one of the selectmen at the first organization under the town 
charter, in 1713. He subsequently served on the school connnittee, 
and filled other important olHces in the town. He and his wife, 
Mary, were admitted to the church under Mr. Estabrook, in 1098. 
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One stone in the grave yard bears the names of both of them. The 
record of this flimily is very imperfect, — the birth of only four of 
their children is recorded. His Will, dated Jan. 16, 1733, and 
proved Sept. 21, 1733, mentions sons Joshua, Joseph, Daniel, and 
Jonathan, and dau. Rebecca Wellington, Mary Grimes, Abigail 
Knight, and Elizabeth Brown. Daniel was made executor of his 
Will. 

Behecca, b. June 11, 1682; m. Thomas Wellington of Watertown. 

Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1681: ; m. William Grimes. 

\ Joshua, b. Jan. 23, 1687 ; d. Nov. 3, 1768, aged 82. 

Joseph, b. June 8, 1689. 

\Daniel, b. 1692; d. April 3, 1776. 

\Jonathan, b. ; d. Dec. 22, 1748. 

Abigail, b. ; m. Knight. 

Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 13, 1698 j m. Jonathan Brown. 

Joshua Simonds m. Hannah Poulter of Lex. He was constable 
in 1728, school committee in 1732, and selectman in 1733 and 1746. 
He d. Nov. 3, 1768, aged 82; and she d. Nov. 11, 1789, at the ad- 
vanced age of 96. His Will, dated June 29, 1767, and proved Nov. 
22, 1768, mentions Hannah, his wife, and his sons Joshua and Jo- 
seph, and his dau. Sarah Bowman, Hannah Brooks and Betty Reed. 
He made ample provision for his wife, which I will notice, as it shows 
the habits and customs of the times. After describing the portion 
of his house which she might occupy, he provides that she shall be 
furnished with a good horse, two good cows, six bushels of corn, 
three of rye, two of wheat, two of malt, fifty pounds of pork, hun- 
dred pounds of beef, two barrels of good cider, three bushels of win- 
ter apples, a sufficiency of suitable sauce, twelve pounds of fiax, six 
pounds of wool, and six cords of wood, to be furnished annually 
during her life. 

Joshua, b. Feb. 11, 1721; d. Aug. 29, 1724. 

John, b. Aug. 1, 1724 ; d. Sept. 1, 1728. 

Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1727 ; m. June 24, 17.56, Francis Bowman, Bed. 

Hannah, b. Oct. 17, 1729 ; m. Brooks. 

Betty, h. Jan. 22, 1732 ; m. April 13, 1757, Hammon Reed. 

\Joshua; b. May 26, 1736; m. Martha Bowers. 

\Joseph, b. Oct. 1, 1739; m. March 2, 1769, Elizabeth Stone. 



Daniel Simonds m. Nov. 29, 1716, Abigail Smith of Waltham. 
The same year, aci/ording to the good old custom, he was chosen 
hogreeve. To him this was a rising-post, for subsequently, viz. in 
1740 and 1755, we find his name among the selectmen. He and his 
wife united with the church in Lexington, 1751. He d. April 3, 
1776, aged 83. 

Mary, b. March 20, 1718. 

\ Daniel, b. Nov. 28, 1719 ; m. Nov. 13, 1750, Mary Mixter. 
\Nathan, b. Sept. 10, 1722. 
Jane, b. Dec. 1724; d. March 12, 1725. 
Abigail, b. April 22, 1732 ; d. Nov. 2, 1734. 

Abigail, b. Aug. 30, 1736; m. May 29, 1753, Isaiah Tay of Woburn. 
Sarah, b. April 25, 1739 ; m. April 22, 1756, Abraham Merriam of 
Concord. 



Jonathan Simonds m. Lydia Bowman. He appears to have 
been a considerable landholder. His homestead contained one hun- 
85 



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(Irod and two acres, l^oiiiided easterly on land of Thomas Blodgett, 
Kolicrt Fiske, and Woimrn line, westerly by land of" Josiiua Snnonds 
and tlie town road, nortlierly on land oi' Joshua Simond.s, Jonathan 
Hol)iM.son, and Thomas Ihullt'V, and southerly on hind of Joshua 
Simoiids, Sauuiel Kaymond, Uoliert Fiske, and Thomas Blodgett. 
His whole estate at his decease was valued in the eurreiiey of the day 
at £;3,"J51. This description of his homestead fixes his residence in 
the north-easterly part of the town, near the present corner of Wo. 
and Bur. He d. Dec. 22, 1748. He was one of the selectmen in 
1732. 

Jonathan, h. April 26, 1715. 

Lemuel, b. June 1, 1717; d. June 2, 1764. 

Joseph, b. June 7, 1721. 

Frances, ) . ■ , T7.iiir.oi S d. in early infancy. 
. ' > twnis, b. Feb. 1, 1<24: < , ,_.,,•' •' 

Amos, ^ ' ' < "• 17o0. 

Francis, b. July 12, 1726. • 

]John, b, Jan. 5, 1730; m. Mary Tufts. 

Ebenezer, b. May 30, 1735. 



Joshua Simonds m. Martha Bowers of Billerica. They were 
admitted to the church, Sept. 7, 1756. He was a large landholder, 
owning real estate not only in Lex. and other towns in Massachu- 
setts, but in Hollis, N. H. He d. July 24, 1805, aged 69; she d. 
June 24, 1819, aged 77. He was among the brave men who met the 
British on the 19th of April, 1775. He went into the meeting house 
for powder, and finding himself cut oft' from his company, cocked his 
gun and placed the muzzle on an open cask of powder, resolved to 
blow up the house in case the British should enter it, 

Martha, b. Oct. 1, 1766; m. Aug. 18, 1785, Rufus Merriam. 
Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1768 ; d. young. 
\Joshua, b. Jan. 1, 1770; m. Abigail Cutler. 
Elizabeth, b. July 4, 1772 ; m. Robert Parker. 
\William, b. Aug. 18. 1774; m. Susan Pierce. 
Lucy, b. Dec. "15, 1776; d. Nov. 4, 1824, unm. 
Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1779; ra. Mrs. Hill of Boston. 
Hannah, b. July, 1786 ; m. July 31, 1809, Eli Robbins. 



Joseph Simonds m. March 2, 1769, Elizabeth Stone. They 
were admitted to the church, April 15, 1770. He d. March 18, 1813, 
aged 73 ; she d. June 10, 1806, aged 63. He was an ensign in Capt. 
Parker's company in 1775. 

Betty, b. May 30, 1769 ; d. Aug. 6, 1795, aged 26. 
] Joseph, h. Sept. 29, 1771 ; m. Mary Viles. 



Daniel Simonps m. Nov. 13, 1750, Mary Mixer, dau. of Maj. 
Joseph and Mary (Ball) Mixer. He d. Feb. 9, 1761, and his wid. 
m. May 26, 1763, Andrew Munroe. 

Daniel, b. Nov. 26, 1751 ; d. Feb. 9, 1761. 

Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1753. 55 Abigail, h. Feb. 15, 1756. 

Joseph, b. April 2, 1758. 

Lucy, b. Aug. 18, 1761, about six months after the death of her 
father. Her mother m. Andrew Munroe, by whom she had two 
sons, the last of whom was born one month after the death of his 
father. 



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Nathan Simoxds m. Smith of Walt. She d. ancl he m, 

Abijiail Cutler of Bur. He resided at one time in Wo. In 1762, 
Nathan Simonds, wife, and children, came from Wo. to Lex. and 
resided in the house of Daniel Simonds. He was one of the select- 
men in 1776. 



Jonas, b. 



He entered the army of the United States, rose 



to a colonelcy, and d. in the service. 
^David, b. 1769 ; m. July 23, 1795, Jerusha Locke. 
Supply, b. ; m. Betsey Brown of Boston. He was drowned 

in Boston. 
Nathaniel, b. ; m. Sept. 21, 1800, Dolly Johnson, dan. of 

Francis Johnson of AV^o. and d. in Charlestown, where he resided. 
Joel, b. ; m. Susan Hammond of Marblehead. They resided 

in Charlestown, where he died. 
Abigail, b. ; m. Nathaniel Hill of AVest Cambridge. 



John Simonds m. Mary Tufts, dau. of Benjamin and Mary 
(Hutchinson) Tufts of Med. They lived at the corner of Burlington 
and (jrove streets. Their first six chiklren were all bap. at one 
time, viz. March 11, 1770. He d. Dec. 6, 1812, aged 83. 

Lydia, b. Jan. 13, 1757 ; m. James Wynian. 

\Ebenezer, b. Aug. 15, 17 8; m. Anne Bradbury. 

Mary, b. July 19, 1761 ; m. July 28, 1791, John Angier of Maiden. 

Rebecca, b. Aug. 1, 17(13; m. AN'illiam Diamond. 

'^Lemuel, b. Aug. 26, 1765; m. Mary Maxwell of Bedford. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 7, 1767; ni. Aug 26, 1790, Jacob Robineon. 

Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1776 ; m. Nov. 3, 18D0, Jonathan Locke. 



Joshua Simonds m. Jan. 5, 1794, Abigail Cutler, dau of Thomas 
Cutler. She was b May 2, 1771, and d. Aug. 1837, aged 66. He 
d. Jan, 1, 1858, aged 88. He kept a public house in Lex. about 
fifty-eight years, at the foot of Fiske Hill, so called, on Monument 
street ; and the rest of the period, commencing with 1802, at his late 

residence on Bedibrd street. 

« 

Joseph, b. ^larch 1, 1795. 

Abigail, b. ]\Iarch 14, 1797; m. June 3, 1837, Michael Crosby of 

Bed. as his second wife. 
Franklin, b. June 10, 1799 ; went to Walpole, N. H. where he m. 

Sj)aulding. 

\Joshiia, b. May 29, 1801 ; m. Lucy J. Winn of Salem 

Maria, b. June 30, 18U7 ; d. unmarried. 

Uiis, b. April 17, 1810; m. J:ilen Crosby, dau. of Michael Crosby, 

the husband of his sister Abigail by his first wife. Otis Simonds 

resides in Connecticut. 



William Simonds m Aug. 18, 1799, Susan Pierce, dau. of Isaac 
and Hannah Fierce of Walt. She d. Feb. 4, 1847, in her 68tli year, 
and he d. 1858. They were ad. to the ch. June 13, 1813. He kept 
a tavern on Concord avenue eighteen years, commencing with 1810. 

Their first child, b. Dec. 13, 1799, and d the next day. 

Humphrey, b. June 6, 1801 ; ni. Emeline Gizeley. He went to New 
Orleans, where he d. Sept. 7, 1833, leaving a wife and two chil- 
dren in Lexington. 

Cyrus, b. May 9, 1803 5 d. April 17, 1805, by his clothes taking fire. 



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William., b. Oct. 21, 1805 ; moved to Walt, where he m. 1836, Mar- 
tha Pierce. 

Jonathan Bowers, b. Aug, 2, 1807 ; m. 1832, Harriet Childs of Walt, 
where they reside. 

Susan, b. July 18, 1809; d. Aug. 18, 1813. 

Alice, b. Dec. 3, 1811 ; d. March 3, 1815. 

llieir eighth child, b. March 15, 1814; d. same day. 

} Cyrus P., h. April 10, 1815 ; m. Mary Ann Russell. 

\Eli, b. Aug. 4, 1817 ; m. Elizabeth Swan. 

Isaac Mason, b. Oct. 15, 1819 ; d. March 21, 1821. 

Rufus, b. Feb. 10, 1822; d Dec, 17, 1832. 



Jonathan Simonds m. Dec. 8, 1816, Mrs. Patty Hills, wid. of 
Capt. S. C. Hills, and daughter of Erasmus Pierce of Boston, He 
fitted for college, but prefering a more active life, went to Boston. 
About 1809, he entered the army of the United States, was stationed 
at Burlington, Vt., where he was promoted to a captaincy. In 1811, 
he resigned his commission and returned to Boston, where he estab- 
lished himself as a broker, and where he d. He had two children, 
Albert, b. April 17, 1817, and George W., b. March 1, 1820, who 
resided for some years with his uncle, Eli Robbius, at East Lex. 
He has since gone to New York. 



Joseph Simonds m. Mary Viles, dau. of Joel and Mary (Bow- 
man) Viles. He d. Nov. 21, 1834, and she d. March 5, 1867, in her 
9id year. He was representative sixteen years, selectman five years, 
and assessor three years. He was often placed on important com- 
mittees, and was one of the leading men of the town. 

Tioins, b. 1803 ; d. soon. 

Eliza, b. March 26, 1804; m. July 21, 1831, Abraham French, lives 
in Lowell. 

Mary Ann, b. June 6, 1806 ; living, unmarried. 

] Joseph Frederick, b. Oct. 26, 1810; m. Susan Mulliken, 

Marcellus, b. 1812; d, 1849, aged 36. He m. May 12, 1846, Maria 
Augusta Ball of Con,, by whom he had Marcella Augusta. His 
wid. m. William Heard of Con. and now lives in Detroit. 



David Simonds m. July 23, 1795, Jerusha Locke, dau. of Reu- 
ben and Jerusha (Richardson) Locke. She d, March, 1867, aged 93. 

Nabby, b. Dec. 17, 1795 ; m, James Bailey. 

Betsei/, b. June 4, 1797 ; m. June 6. 1819, William Walker. 

Bradley, b. Dec. 19, 1799 ; m. May 26, 1823, Mary A. Pierce of 

Wo. and moved to Ashby. 
Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1802 ; d, unmarried. 
Nathan, b. April 16, 181G; m. Amanda Parks of Line, and moved 

to California. 



Ebenezer Simonds went to Med. about 1780, where he m. April 
30, 1785, Anne Bradbury of that place. His children were all born 
in Med. On the death of his father in 1812, he returned to Lex. 
and took up his abode on the old homestead. He d. Aug. 23, 1845, 
aged 87, and she d. July 12, 1820, aged 61, They were severely 
afllicted in the loss of their children. He was one of the patriotic 
band who defied British aggression on the 19th of April, 1775, 

Nancy, b, Jan, 18, 1786 ; d, Jan, 29, 1800. 

Maty, b, JNtay 4, 1788; m. Thomas Uadley of Peterboro', N. H., 
and d. 1828. 



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Abigail, b. Aug. 21, 1790; d. June 18, 1817. 

Judith, b. Aucr. 27, 1792 ; d. May 15, 1815. 

\Ebenezer, b Feb. 6, 1795 ; m. Rachel Nichols, and d. Jan. 27, 1867. 

Henry, b. Dec. 22, 1797; d. Dec. 15, 1842. 

Charles, b. Aug. 6, 1801 ; d. Aug. 6, 1815. 

Elizabeth,}. ■ , -. c,r. ^or^t ? d. Oct. 10, 1804. 

John, b. Feb. 8, 1807 ; d. Dec. 30, 1823. 



Lemuel Simonds m. Mary Maxwell of Bedford. 



; m. William Holden of Woburn. 

; m. Susan Stearns of Line, where he lived and d. 

m. Jones of Boston. 

- ; m. George Blake and moved into the country. 
Benjamin, b. ; d. 1838, unmarried. 



Betsey, b. • 
Daniel, b. 
Mary, b. - 
Harriet, b. 



Abigail, b. 



; m. and moved into the country. 



\ George, b. Oct. 11, 1807 ; m. Jan. 5, 1835, Hannah Estabrook. 



Joshua Simonds m. Dec. 25, 1842, Lucy J. Winn of Salem, who 
was b. April 18, 1818. 



Marcus, b. Oct. 1, 1843. 



117 Abbie Jane, b. Ap. 25, 1849. 



Cyrus P. Simonds m. June 6, 1841, Mary Ann Russell, dau. of 
Bill Russell of Woburn. 



Rufus, b. Oct. 6, 1843. 
Cyrus W.,h. May 26, 1848. 



119 Marietta G., b. July 18, 1845. 



Eli Simonds m. Sept. 4, 1842, Elizabeth Swan of West Camb. 
He resides on his father's homestead on Concord avenue. He has 
filled the principal town offices, — overseer, selectman, &c. 

Alice, b. June 8, 1843. 

William Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1844. 123 Frank, b. May 12, 1848. 



Joseph Fredekick Simonds m. May 7, 1835, Susan Mulliken, 
dau. of John and Susan (Reed) Mulliken. He was selectman, 1848, 
'49, and assessor, 1857. 

Mary Caroline, b. April 1, 1836 ; m. Nov. 27, 1862, Dr. W. S. Mil- 
ler of Boston. 

Charles Frederick, b. March 11, 1837 ; d. Aug. 4, 1842. 

Ellen E., b. July 23, 1838. 

Joseph, b. July 24, 1840. He entered the U. S. service, 1861, was 
wounded at Malvern Hill, Va., and d. of the wound in N. Y. Hos- 
pital, Oct. 1862. 

Susan, b. Oct. 15, 1842; m. July, 1867, George D. Robinson, as 
his second wife. 

Charles Frederick, b. July 7, 1844. 

Clara Maria, b. Dec. 4, 1846. 131 Augusta D., b. Aug. 4, 1852. 



Ebenezer Simonds m. Feb. 15, 1824, Rachel Nichols, dau. of 
Adna Nichols and Sarah (Loring), b. Aug. 7, 1?97. He d. Jan. 27, 
1867, aged 72. 

Stisan, b. Dec. 8, 1824; d. Oct. 7, 1825. 
Henry L., b. March 28, 1826 ; unmarried. 



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Francis K., b. Aujr. 22, 1828 ; m. June 1, 1853, Charlotte B. Swett, 
wid. of Rev. AVilliam Gray Swett, and dau. of Elias Phinney, Esq. 
Their children are Henry, b July 10, 1854, in Burlington, Vt., 
where they then resided, and Franklin P., b. in Lex. June 25, 
1856. She had by her first husband one dau. C. B. W. G. Swett, 
b. Feb. 8, 1843. 

Susan L., h. March 25, 1832 ; d. March 5, 1839. 

Rachel Ann, 

Mary F., 



\, AT uirv icQ« S d. March 7, 1839. 
twins, b. March 10, 1836 ; ^ ^ q^^ ^^^ jggg^ 



George Simonds m. 
Attai Estabrook. 



Jan. 5, 1835, Hannah Estabrook, dau. of 



John, h. April 23, 1836 ; m. Katy Louisa Nichols of Charlestown, 

where they reside. 
George, h. June 14, 1838; m. Dec. 28, 1863, Mary E. Bannoh. 
Phidelia, b. Dec. 21, 1840. 141 Rnsanna, b. Dec. 16, 1842. 

Anna, b. March 29, 1848. 143 Ella, b. Nov. 25, 1853. 



THE SMITH FAMILY. 

In looking into the early records of almost any town in the Com- 
monwealth, we should naturally expect to find the name of Smith; 
and if John himself was not there, we should infer that he had left 
his kinsmen, Joseph, and Thomas, and Samuel, and had gone on a 
tour to visit his old friend, Mr. Jones. In regard to Lex. we are 
not left to matters of inference ; for in looking at the first tax ever 
imposed by the parish, in 1693, we find that both John and Thomas 
are there, acting the part of good citizens, by contributing to the 
support of religious institutions. But though we have record 
evidence that John and Thomas were at Camb. Farms in 1693, we 
are not so certain whence they came or who were their ancestors. 
The Smiths were so numerous in Wat., Lex., and other neighboring 
towns, and the Christian names of John and Joseph and Thomas and 
Samuel being so common in all the families, it becomes exceedingly 
difficult to trace them and preserve the personal identity, or even the 
family to which any one of them belongs. Living as they did. and 
still do, on the borders of the town, near the line of Wat. and Walt., 
there will, almost as a matter of course, be some passing and repass- 
ing of the town line, which increases the difficulty in making the 
genealogy perfectly accurate. 

According to the best information we can obtain, the Lex. Smiths 
came from Wat. On the earliest list of proprietors of that town, in 
1636, are four of the name of Smith, viz., John, sen., John, jr., 
Thomas, and Francis. 

John Smith, sen., had a wife by the name of Isabella, who d. 
Oct. 12, 1639, aged 60 years. It is probable that John and Isabella 
were the parents of John, jr., and Thomas, and perhaps of Francis 
and Daniel. John, sen., d. July 12, 1639, aged 60. 

Jolin, ad. freeman. May 22, 1639. He may have been the John 
Smith who d. in Lancaster in 1669. 

Francis was ad. freeman. May 18, 1631. 

Daniel was a resident in AVat. as early as 1642. 

\ 'Thomas came to America iu the summer of 1635, and was ad. free- 
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1-5- 1 Thomas Smith m. Mary, dau. of William Knapp. 
10, 161)3, aged 92. 

5- 6 James, b. Sept. 18, 1637 ; lie moved to Lancaster. 
7 John, b. and d. Nov. 16r)9. 

\Thomas, b. Au";. 26, 1640; d. in Lex. Dec. 2o, 1^27. 
]Juhn, b. Dec. 10, 1641 ; m". Mary Reeves. 
\Joseph, b. June 10, 1643; d. June, 1711. 

Manj. b. ; m. 1667, John Stratton. 

Ephraim, b. blind, a town charge from 1707 to 1737. 



He d. March 



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Jonathan, b. 1659 ; ad. freeman 1690. 
Sarah, d. before her father, leaving children. 



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Thomas Smith m. 1663, Mary Hosmer, dau. of James Hosmer 
of Con., where his eldest three children were born. He nioved to 
Lex., where he and his wife were ad. to the ch. June, 1701, by a let- 
ter of dismission from Weymouth. He was taxed here in lbJ3, and 
in 1700 we find honorable mention of him. In the dehcate work ot 
seating the meeting house, we find that John Stone and Thomas 
Smith?" were Plast in y« fore seatt of y*^ body of seats He d. 
Dec 25, 1727, aged 88, and she d. Oct. 1, 1719, aged 64 Iheir 
names and deaths are inscribed on one stone m the Lex. Old Urave 
Yard. 

tr/i07MOS, b. Concord; ra. Mary . _ 

James, b. in Concord; d. of casualty in AVat. in 1674. 

John, b. in Concord. 

Samuel, bap. in Wat. ; d. April 22, 16<0. 

\Joseph, b. March 4, 1687 ; bap. in Wat. ; m. Hannah Tidd. 

\ Benjamin, b. Sept. 24, 1689^ 



John Smith m. April 1, 1665, Mary Beers. 



3Iary, b. June 15, 1667. 
\John, b. Aug. 8, 1668. 
Hannah, b. Dec. 27, 1672 
Sarah, b. June 7, 1675. 



23 Abigail, b. June 29, 1670. 
ra. Oct. 20, 1693, William Fiske. 

25i Samuel, b. March 10, 1680. 



Joseph Smith m. Dec. 1, 1674, Hannah Tidd, dau. of John and 
Rebecca Tidd, then of Wo. but afterwards of Lexington. 

''-f, 1 ^S'b.'Aprri Wsfni. Jan. 15,1713 Jane Barnard. She d. ia 
Lex. Sept. 16. 1763, aged 86 ; said to be of Waltham. 
Waniel, b Sept. 26, 1681 ; m. 1708, Mary Burridge of Newton. 
Hannah, bap. Dec. 4, 1687 ; m. 1708, David Mead. 
Rebecca, bap. Dec. 4, 1687. 



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Thomas Smith m. Mary . They were ad. to the ch. in Lex. 

March 12, 1710. It is supposed that he returned to Wat and prob- 
ably m. a second wife, Abigail, by whom he had Ab^gad and Buth, 
and d. 1736. 



Joseph Smith m. Oct. 14, 1701, Mary Richards, b. May 15, 
1680 dau. of William and Mary Richards of Wat. They were m 
Lex. as early as 1702, their first child being bap. that year. 

jlfary, b. April 3, 1701. 

William, b. June 25, 1703; d. Feb. 7, 1728. 



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\neze'kiah, b. April 2, 1706 ; m. Feb. 24, 1725, Elizabeth Wellington. 
]Ebenezer, b. Aug. 15, 1708; m. Abigail, wid. of Benjamin Welling- 
ton, jr. 
Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1711 ; d. young. 
\Samuel, b. June 14, 1714; d. May 4. 1760. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 21, 1716; m. Feb. 19, 1737, Timothy Davis, Bed. 
Joseph, b. June 4, 1719 ; d. Nov. 11, 1740. 

Abigail, b. Sept. 6, 1722 ; m. Feb. 22, 1746, Henry Gale of Weston. 
\Josiah, b. July 6, 1724; m. Sarah Francis. 



Benjamin Smith m. July 9, 1713, Martha Comee. She d. Nov. 
19, 1749, and he m. May 3, 1750, Mrs. Esther Green. He d. Dec. 
9, 1779, aged 90. He was for a long time very popular with his 
townsmen, being often elected to public office. He was twelve 
years on the board of selectmen. They had the misfortune to lose 
five of their children young. 

\Benjamin, b. July 20, 1714 ; m. Anna Parker. 
Daniel, b. Dec. 15, 1715; d. Feb. 8, 1740. 
Ezekiei, b. April 28, 1717 ; d. Dec. 12, 1739. 
Martha, b. June 3, 1720; d. Sept. 26, 1728. 
TJiomas, b. Aug. 11, 1723; d. May 27, 1726. 
Solomon, b. Sept. 11, 1725 ; d. July 26, 1733. 
j Thomas, h. April 15, 1727. 



John Smith m. Mary . He was probably the John Smith 

who was taxed at Camb. Farms in 1793; but did not reside there 
permanently till some time after, as his name is not upon the tax 
bills for several of the subsequent years. Probably the John Smith 
who d. Feb. 4, 1743. 

Isaac, b. Sept. 20, 1695. 49 Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1JB8. 

Eunice, b. Sept. 1, 1704. 51 Obadiah, b. May 1^708. 

\Jesse, b. April 1, 1711; m. April 26, 1733, Experience Ward of 
Westboro'. 



Daniel Smith m. M.-iy 25, 1708, Mary Burridge of Newton. She 
was ad. to the ch. in Lex. May 26, 1717, and four of their children 
were bap., viz., Mary, Jonathan, Betsey, and Lydia, Nov. 2, 1718. 
He d. March 5, 1757. 

Mary, b. March 13, 1709 ; m. Dec. 30, 1730, Jabez Wyman of Wo. 

Daniel, b. March 10, 1711. 

\Jonathan, b. Oct. 15, 1713; m. Abigail Stratton. 

Betsey, b. Feb. 11, 1715. 67 Lydia, b. May 3, 1718. 

Sarah, b. July 28, 1723; m. Jan. 14, 1742, Abiel Richardson. 

Lucy, b. June 3, 1725; m. Benjamin Wellington of Brookfield. 

Abigail, b. Feb. 22, 1728. 

Eunice, b. June 4, 1730 ; m. Jan. 4, 1750, Joseph Underwood. 



Hezekiah Smith m. Feb. 14, 1726, Elizabeth Wellington of 
Wat. He d. Oct. 16, 1760, and his wid. m. May 18, 1762, Dea. 
James Brown. They were ad. to the ch. Sept. 26, 1736. He was 
selectman, 1756. 

\Ahijah, b. Feb. 26, 1727; m. Jan. 18, 1750. Mary Lawrence. 
Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1728; m. 1750, Amos Tidd. 
Kezia, b. Nov. 30, 1734 ; m. April 3, 1751, Samuel Green. 
\WiUiam, b. Jan. 16, 1736; m. Abigail Smith. 



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]Josep7i,h. May 21, 1743; m. first, Lucy Stone, second, Abigail 

In<>;ol(lsby. 
Sarah, h. March 28, 1746. 68 Amos, b. April 14, 1748. 

Hannah, b. April 14, 1750. 



Ebenezer SiMiTH m. Abigail Wellington, wid. of Benjamin Wel- 
lington, jr. They were very unfortunate in their children, having 
lost four in three 3'ears. He was a member of Capt. Parker's co. in 
1775, and was called to Camb. May 10, and June 17, 1775. 

■\Ebenezer. b. Sept. 20, 1740; m. Dec. 29, 1763, Priscilla Diamond. 

Mart/, b. Dec. 23, 1743; d. Dec. 1, 1756. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 1746 ; d. June 28, 1753. 

Thaddeus, b. Nov. 24, 1748; d. 1753. 

Ezeldel, b. April 15, 1751 ; d. June 26. 1753. 

Thaddeus, b. Sept. 25, 1753; one of Capt. Parker's company. 



Samuel Smith m. Mary . He d. May 4, 1760, aged 46 

years, and she d. Sept. 8, 1763, aged 46 years. We find no record 
of the birth of their first seven children, yet the papers connected 
with the settlement of his estate, show that he had the children named 
below, and their birth must have been nearly as set down. 

Mary, b. about 1737. 

Lucy, b. about 173D ; m. Benjamin Wellington of Brookfield. 
\Samuel, b. about 1741 ; m. Aug. 30, 1764, Abigail Harrington. 
Anna, b. about 1743 ; ra. April 10, 1764, Simeon Leonard of Bridge- 
water. 
Amos, b. about 1746. 81 Jonathan, b. about 1748. 

Elizabeth, b. about 1751. 

Abigail, b. March 27, 1754; d. June 1, 1757. 

\John, b. Aug. 21, 1756 ; m. Nov, 15, 1781, Sarah Lawrence of Lex. 
Abigail, b. April 3. 1759. 



JosiAH Smith m. Nov. 15, 1750, Sarah Francis of Medford. 
She d. April 27, 1757, and he m. Jan. 1, 1758, Hannah Brown. He 
was one of the brave defenders of his country's rights on the 19th of 
April, 1775. He was selectman several years. 

JosiaJi, b. Dec. 1, 1751 ; d. Julv 1, 1753, 

\Josiali, b. Nov. 26, 1753 ; m. JFeb. 6, 1777, Polly Barber. 

^Abraham, b. July 23, 1755 ; m. Martha Bowman. 

Ebenezer, b. Dec. 4, 1758; d. unm, Sept. 1777. 

Sarah, b. July 26, 1760; m. Sept. 30, 1779, David Penney. ■ 

Hannah, b. July 13, 1762. 

\Isaac, b. Feb. 1, 1764; m. Aug. 6, 1798, Sally lies. 

\Jacob, b. June 24, 1765 ; m. Susan Pierce of Waltham. 

Susanna, b. May 22, 1767 ; m. Reuben Pierce. 

Elijah, b. May 28, 1769 ; m. Lydia Stearns of Walt. ; d. in Med. 

\Joel,h. June 1, 1771. 



Bexjamin Smith m. Nov. 17, 1734, Anna Parker, who d. a wid. 
in Walt. June 10, 1768. 

Solomon, b. Oct. 27, 1738 ; d. April 16, 1741, 

\ Benjamin, b, March 11, 1741, 

Anna, b. March 31, 1743 ; m, William Munroe, son of William and 

Sarah, 
Martha, b. April 19, 1745 ; m. May 27, 1771, Ebenezer Munroe. 
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Esther, b. April 10, 1751 ; m. Simeon Snow of Holden, and d. Jan. 

14, 1780. 
David, b. Aug. 15, 1756. He was a member of Capt. Parker''s co. 
yrhomas, b. July 24, 1760; m. Oct. 3, 1782, Sarah Taylor, Chariest. 



Thomas Smith m. April 12, 1753, Sarah Raymond. They lived 
probably in Wo. now Burliii;^ton ; for in 1754, they were ad. to the 
ch. in Lex, by a letter of dismission from the second church in Wo. 

Solnmnn, h. June 12, 1754. 
Ezekiel, b. Nov. 24, 1755. 



106 perhaps Sarah, b. 



Jesse Smith m. April 26, 1733, Experience Ward of Westboro', 
dau. of Oliver and Hannah (Brigham) Ward of Northboro'. 



Abiezer, b. May 2, 1734. 
Israel, b. Aug. 26, 1735. 



109 JElizabeth,? 



Jonathan Smith m. Aug. 30, 1738, Abigail Stratton of Walt. 
He d. March 23, 1801, aged 88. He was one of the sons of liberty 
in the Battle of Lexington, and was called to Camb. on the 17th of 
June, 1775. He was on the board of selectmen, 1771. He was a 
lieutenant in the militia. 

Abigail, b. May 29, 1739; m. William Smith. 
John, b. Aug. 12, 1743. 

Dorcas, b. June 3, 1746; m. April 4, 1764, John Wood of Camb. 
iJonathan, b. Oct. 4, 1748; d. Nov. 29, 1819, aged 71. 
FJtinehas, b. Feb. 7, 1751 ; d. in Charlestown. 
Timothy, b. Aug. 11, 1753; ad. to the ch. Sept. 17, 1775. 
Susanna, h. Jan. 7, 1756; m. March 25, 1784, Lydia Pierce, Walt. 
Daniel, bap. April 24, 1758; m. and d. in Charlestown. 
Amasa, bap. May 9, 1762; d. Oct. 10, 1812. 

Nathan, bap. March 25, 1764; m. April 24, 1794, Katharine Bacon. 
They moved to Fitzvvilliam, N. IL, where he d. 1853. 



Abijah Smith m. Jan. 18, 1750, Mary Lawrence, dau. of Jona- 
than and Elizabeth Lawrence, b. Nov. 30, 1729. She d. May 22, 
1775. He was generally known as " Lieut. Smith." 



Abijah, bap. Sept. 1, 1750. 
A child, which d. Oct. 8, 1760. 



122 Marij, bap. Jan. 11, 1761. 



William Smith m. Oct. 20, 1757, Abigail Smith, dau. of Jona- 
than and Abigail (Stratton) Smith of Lex. He d. 1811, aged 75. 
He was a member of Capt. Parker's co , and was in service both on 
the 19th of April, and on the 17th of June, 1775. 

Abigail, bap. Aug. 20, 1758; m. Sylvanus Wood of Burlington. 
\WUliam, bap. Dec. 27, 1761 ; m. Jan. 22, 1789, Jane Pierce, Walt. 
Lydia, b. July 3, 1764; m. May 21, 1789, Abner Matthews of Line. 
Betty, bap. Dec. 4, 1765 ; m. Jonas Bacon of Bed. They moved to 

Billerica. 
Amos, bap. Oct. 8, 1775 ; d. in infancy. 



Joseph Smith m. Jan. 17, 1765, Lucy Stone. She d. June 29, 
1772, and he m. second, March 13, 1777, Abigail Tngoldsby of Lex., 
b. Oct. 13, 1750. He was on the Common on the 19th of April, 
when the British fired upon the Americans, was afterwards captain, 
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Joseph, b. Nov, 8, 1765; d. Feb. 26, 1766. 

Joseph, b. Jan. 26, 1767 ; m. Susan Dakin of Maine. 

Hezekiah, b. April 17, 1769. He went to Providence. 

\Jonas, b. jNIarcli 19, 1771; m. Folly Underwood. 

Luci/, b. Feb. 2.5, 1778; ni. Enoch Cory of .Marlboro'. 

John Ingoldshy, b. Aujf. 30, 1779. He moved to Providence. 

Betsey, b. Sept. 14, 1781. She m. a Tileston and moved to Wind- 
sor, Vt. 

\Amos, b. Feb. 12, 1784; m. Catharine S. Langdon of Boston. 

Timothy, b. Oct. 27, 1786. 

James Milledge, b. April 4, 1790. 

Abigail Cook, b. June 29, 1792; m. Jonas Munroe. 

Ralph, b. March 26, 179,5 ; m. 1816, Rebecca Belcher. She d. Aug. 
1, 1829, and he m. March 4, 1830, Mrs. Anna M. (Adams) Hop- 
kins. He d. June 2, 1853. He resided in Boston. He had a 
family of eleven children, seven of whom are married. 

\Billings, b. Oct. 6, 1797 ; d. May 3, 1847. 



Ebenezer Smith m. Dec. 29, 1763, Priscilla Diamond. He was 
one who was called to Camb. during the Battle of Bunker Hill. She 
d. Sept. 18, 1773. 

Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1764. 142 Diamond, b. Nov. 25, 1767. 

Ezekiel, b. March 26, 1769. 

Edmund, b. June 21, 1771; d. Jan. 16, 1772. 

Lucy, b. April 11, 1773. 

Samuel Smith m. Aug. 30, 1764, Elizabeth Harrington. They 
were ad. to the ch. Nov. 25, 1764, when their first child was bap. 
About 1768, they removed to New Hampshire. In 1772, Samuel and 
Elizabeth Smith were dismissed to " JMason, N, H., in order to the 
gathering of a church there." They may have had other children. 

Samuel, bap. Nov. 25, 1764. 147 Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 1, 1767. 



John Smith m. Nov. 15, 1784, Sarah Lawrence, dau. of Bezaleel 
Lawrence. We confess our inability to trace »/o/m Smith, or to keep 
a record of his whereabout. His name appears on the tax bill from 
1784 to 1788 ; but in 1789, we find that the assessors of that year, 
inserted his name as though he was an inhabitant, and erased it as 
though he was not. 



JosiAH Smith m. Feb. 6. 1777, Polly Barber of Lex. He d. 
Nov. 20, 1826, of lepi-osy, aged 73. He and his wife were ad. to 
the ch. May 14, 1780. She was a dau. of a captain in the British 
service. She d. May 10, 1838, aged 84. He was in Capt, Parker's 
CO. at the opening of the Revolution. He was an asssessor six or 
eight years. 

Polly, b. Jan. 2, 1777 ; m. March 7, 1799, Abijah Pierce of Lex. 

iEbenezer, b. Dec. 1, 1780 ; m, Anna Underwood. 

Sarah, b, Nov, 29, 1785 ; m. Feb. 4, 1808, Abner B. Phelps of 

Derby, Vt. 
\Josiah, h. April 17, 1789; m Luclnda Wyman of Medford. 
\Elias. b. July 21, 1792; m, Harriet Hastmgs. 
Maria, b. Jan. 17, 179G ; m. June 20, 1814, Nathan Brooks of Wo. 



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Abraham Smith m. May 8, 1788, Martha BoAvman. He was ad. 
to the ch. May 25, 1777. He d. Jan. 9, 1826, aged 70, and she d. 
Aug. 22, 1839, aged 81. He was one of the heroes of the opening 
scene of the Revolution in 1775. 

Oliver, bap. April 19, 1789 ; he is now living, in his 79th year. 

William Bowman, bap. Feb. 23, 1794; m. Dec. 10, 1835, Mary 
Smith, dau. of Isaac and Mary. He d. Nov. 7, 1867. Children, 
Abram B., b. May 18. 1836, m. March 23, 1862, Annette A. Allen, 
and has Mary L., b. Dec. 8, 1862, Lottie A., b. March 10, 1865; 
Edwin Oliver, b. March 23, 1839, d. Sept. 10, 1849; Martha B. 
b. June 28, 1831. 

Isaac Smith m. Aug. 6, 1798, Sally lies. He d. Dec. 6, 1840, 
aged 77. She d. Sept. 25, 1861, aged 86. 

Eliza, b. Jan. 22, 1800; m. March 24, 1831, Charles Blodgett. 
Susan Pierce, b. July 21, 1801 ; m. May 18, 1823, Francis Kittridge 

Dudley of Weston. 
Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1803; m. 1835, William Bowman Smith. 
\Joh7i, b. Oct. 17, 1804; m. Oct. 16, 1831, Hannah Fillebrown. 
Martha Bowman, b. Jan. 20, 1809 ; d. May 30, 1851, unm. 



Jacob Smith m. Susan Pierce of Walt, 
aged 62 ; he d. Aug. 3, 1844, aged 79. 



She d. April 9, 1735, 



Isaac Brooks, b. Jan. 16, 1803 ; m, Nov. 24, 182,9, Mary Russell, 
dau. of Nathan and Sybil Russell. She d. May 15, 1849, aged 45, 
and he m. second. May 19, 1850, Sarah Poor. He had by his first 
wife Mar7j Frances, b. Sept. 10, 1830, d. April 26, 1847 ; Susan 
Pierce, b. March 9, 1830, d. Sept. 21, 1849. 

\William Henry, b. Jan. 7, 1809 ; m. Susan B. Cutter. 



Joel Smith m. Sept. 21, 1794, Elizabeth Stearns of Walt. She 
d. April 1, 1836, and he m. second, June 9, 1839, wid. Zerviah Hall 
of Brewster. 

Lois, b. Feb. 18, 1795 ; m. first, June 9. 1822, Jonathan Sanderson, 
and second, June 19, 1832, Patrick Sullivan. 

\Joshua Stearns, b. May 9, 1796 ; m. April 24, 1822, Maria Law- 
rence . 

Levi, b. Aug. 10, 1798 ; d. Feb. 8, 1799. 

Levi, b. Aug. 5, 1800 ; d. Oct. 5, same year. 

Isaac, b. Aug. 31, 1803. He r. in Manchester, N. II. 

Lli Francis, b. Nov. 24, 1805 ; m. wid. Livermore, r. in Waltham. 

Priscilla, b. Oct. 14, 1808; m. Darius Wellington of Waltham. 

James, h. Dec. 2, 1813; d. unmarried. 



Benjamin Smith m. Mary Lee. 
24, 1768. 



They were ad. to the ch. June 



Anna, b. April 2, 1770; m. Abijah Wyman of Burlington. 
Benjamin, b. Sept. 1, 1774. He went to Townsend, where he m. a 

Turner, and was killed by the upsetting of a cart. 
David, b. Sept. 29, 1776. He went to Ashby and m. a Foster. 



Thomas Smith m. Oct. 3, 1782, Sarah Taylor of Cbarlestown, 
b. March 12, 1760. He d. Aug. 11, 1807. 



103-174 Sarah, b. Oct. 17, 1783; m. John Underwood. 

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TJiovias, b. June 12, 1788 ; d. Aug. 12. 1809. unm. 

William Taylor, b. Auf,'. 3, 1789 ; m. May 27, 1812, Cynthia Child 

of Gardner. They are both living. Ko issue. 
Charles, b. July 27, 1791 ; m. Hannah Hammond. 
Patty, b. Aug. 10, 1793 ; m. David Tuttle as his second wife. 
Jonas Leonard, b. June 11, 1795; d. March 16, 1801. 
Larlcin, b. Oct. 15, 1797; m. Lucy S. Smith, dau. of Jonas. 
\Ebenezer R., b. Dec. 3, 1799; m. Almira Reed. 
Jonas Leonard, b. April 10, 1803; m. Sarah Cowley of Wat. They 

had a child which d. young. He d. Dec. 10, 1845. 



Jonathan Smith m. first, June 15, 1771, Lydia Muzzy. She 
d. Nov. 7, 1785, and he m. second, Oct. 16, 1788, Abigail Marrett. 
She d. March 30, 1794, and he m. third, March 17. 1795, Ruth 
Fiske, dau. of Dr. Joseph and Hepzibah Fiske. He had four chil- 
dren by his first wife, three by his second, and four by his third. 
He d. Nov. 29, 1819, aged 71. He resided on Main street, on the 
place owned by Mr. Cotterell. He was a tanner. 

Susanna, b. March 4, 1772 ; m. Nov. 27, 1794, Joshua Russell. 

Rhoda, b. April 29, 1774 ; d. same day. 

Samuel, b. Feb. 6, 1778 ; d. same day. 

Samuel, b. April 15, 1780. 

Harriet, b. Jan. 6, 1791 ; m. Jan. 1, 1823, Imla Parker. 

Cyrus, a twin, b. Dec. 20, 1792. He went to Boston, where he had 

a family. 
Augustus, a twin, b. Dec. 20, 1792 ; he was found drowned in a 

watering trough, unmarried. 
Hepzibah, b. Oct. 5, 1795 ; m. April 19, 1821, Benjamin Eaton of 

VVoburn. 
Abigail, b. May 16, 1797; m. Joseph Johnson. 
Buth, h. June 30, 1799 ; m. Lot Eaton of VVoburn. 
Jonathan, b. May 16, 1802 ; left Lex. and never returned. 



William Smith m. Jan. 22, 1789, Jane Pierce of Walt. dau. of 
Ephraim and Lucy (White) Pierce. Record very defective. He d. 
Oct. 13, 1846, aged 85. She d. March 11, 1850, aged 81. 



Abigail, b. 
Lovina, b. 



m. Oliver Locke. 



Jonas Smith m. March 26, 1798, Polly Underwood. 
Sept. 12, 1811. 



He d. 



Mary Munroe, b. Oct. 28, 1798 ; m. John C. Bracket of Woburn. 
Lucy Stone, b. July 29, 1802 ; m. Dec. 26, 1824. Larkin Smith. 
Sophronia, b. Sept. 6, 1807 ; m. Orin Knapp of Somerville. 



Amos Smith m. April 7, 1808, Catharine S. Langdon, dau. of 
Judge Timothy Langdon of Wiscassett, Me. He went to Boston, 
when a young man, and was in trade as a druggist. He d. July 19, 
1816, aged 32 : she d. May 20, 1857, aged 83 years. 

SaraJi Langdon, b. July 21, 1809 ; d. July 18, 1825. 

Lucy Catharine, b. Oct. 1, 1811; m. Oct. 6, 1831, John H. Rogers. 



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Amos, b. Nov. 29, 1816, after the death of his father. He grad. H. 
C. 1838, entered the ininistry, and was settled in Boston, Dec. 7, 
1842, collea<i;ue with Rev. Dr. Parkman. In 1848, he left Boston, 
and was settled, Nov. 26 of that year, at Leominster. In 1856, he 
left Leominster, and took charge of a new society at Belmont. He 
was installed over that society, April 26, 1857. 



BiLLixNGS Smith m. Nov. 19, 1820, Sarah C. Blodgett. She d. 
May 30, 1836, aged 35, and he m. second, March 8, 1837,. Maria A. 
Winship. He d. May 3, 1847, aged 50. He was a captain. 

jBillmqs, b. Sept. 25, 1821; ra. Feb. 10, 1847, Martha Child, Walt. 

Ellen A., b. July 29, 1824 ; m. Feb. 10, 1846, Joseph A. Wellington. 

James M., b. June 8, 1827 ; d. in California. 

Sarah C, b. May 9, 1836. 

George M., b. July 15, 1842; d. Sept. 24, 1843. 



Ebenezer Smith m. Dec. 5, 1807, Anna Underwood. She d. 
Sept. 6, 1849, aged 65. He d. June 15, 1860, aged 79. 

Mary Ann, b. April 21, 1811 ; m. April 7, 1835, Isaac Childs. She 

d. 1859. 
Emilj/ Jane, b. Sept. 20, 1813; d. Sept. 20, 1817. 
Maria, b. Jan. 10, 1816 ; m. Feb. 20, 1834, W. F. Adams of Acton. 

She m. second, Jonas Hanscomb of Moultonboro', N. H. 
Emily Jane, b. July 18, 1818; d. June 28, 1820. 
Elizabeth Nichols, b. Aug. 8, 1820; m. Ap. 8, 1841, Alonzo Goddard. 
Adeline, ) b. Oct. 28, 1822 ; m. May 1, 1842, Sam. Cooper of Chariest. 
Addison, \ b. Oct. 28, 1822 ; m. June 22, 1846, Dorcas Ireland of Som. 
Dorcas Wade, b. Sept. 5, 1824; m. Elbridge Farmer of W. Camb. 
Josiah, b. July 23, 1827 ; m. :Nov. 22, 1849, Aurilla Snow. 



JosiAH Smith m. May, 1817, Lucinda Wyman of Med. She d. 
April 4, 1853, aged 60. He is living, in the 79th year of his age, as 
spry and active as most men at sixty. He has been long and exten- 
sively known as a master of the fife. Commencing at an early age, 
he has played nearly seventy years* for military companies. Such 
has been his reputation as a tifer, that he has been engaged by some 
of the most celebrated companies in the State, to play for them on 
their annual parades and on festive occasions. The Ancient and 
Honorable Artillery Company have been regaled by his music on 
their annual parade for the last half century, and thousands of our 
citizens, from Bangor, Me., to Alexandria, Va., have been excited 
to patriotic emotions by the piercing notes of his favorite instrument. 
Nor has his labor in this line been confined to the " piping times of 
peace." In the war of 1812, he was three months in the service, and 
in the late war many a soldier has left the Commonwealth to defend 
our free institutions, with his breast heaving with patriotism excited 
by the music of this venerable fifer. 

James T., b. April 19, 1819; d. Aug. 11, 1821. 

Oliver, b. Dec. 6, 1820 ; m. Dec. 20, 1849, Louisa Porter. 

Emetine L., b. Aug. 17, 1822; m. Jan. 2\, 1841, Charles Clark. 

Caroline, b. July 9, 1824 ; m. March 3, 1844, John Earle, jr. 

George H., b. June 11, 1826 ; m. Jan. 9, 1851, Eliza Melvin. 

Charles C, b. May 2, 1829; d. April 6, 1830. 

Charles C, b. Jan. 5, 1831 ; m. Lucinda Brown. 



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Josiah Granville, b, June 16, 1833; m. Oct. 29, 1862, Georgia L. 

Houghton. 
EthaUnda Jane, b. May 25, 1840; m. Aug. 15, 1861, Francis M. 

Sawyer. 



Elias Smith m. Aug. 8, 1819, Harriet Hastings, dau. of Samuel 
and Lydia Hastings, b. July 12, 1795. 

Sarah Phelps, b. May 8, 1820; m. March 28, 1839, Ebenezer 

Whittum. They reside in Boston, and have one child. 
Mary Bobbins, b. Aug. 5, 1821; m. Oct. 7, 1846, David Hall of 

Walpole. They r. in Lexington. 
Julia Ann, b. July 31, 1823; m. Dec. 3, 1846, George Arnold of 

Charlestovvn. 
James Hastings, h. Aug. 11, 1825; m. June, 1849, Eliza A. Aren- 

burg of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. 
Elias Everett, h. Aug. 7, 1827 ; m. May 27, 1854, Melvina J. Meers 

of Hartford, Vt. ; r. in Belmont. 
Albert Bradford, b. June 9, 1829 ; m. Sarah A. Bryant. They have 

Etta A., b. Sept. 4, 1863. 



John Smith m. Oct. 16, 1831, Hannah Fillebrown of W. Camb. 

Adeline R., b. Sept. 15, 1832 ; m. Sept. 12, 1858, Francis H. Knee- 
land of Sweden, Me. ; r. in Lex. He served three years in the 
late war. They have Ada F., b. July 19, 1861. 

John F., b. Nov. 20, 1834; d. Aug. 24, 1856. 



William Henry Smith ra. Nov. 29, 1834, Susan B. Cutter, dau. 
of Stephen and Sally (Barker) Cutter. She d. Sept. 18, 1857, 
aged 48. 

George Henry, b. May 11, 1841. He was three years in the service 

of the United States in the Rebellion. 
Susan Rebecca, b. June 29, 1843. 
Sarah Jane, b. March 11, 1846. 
Mary Frances, b. July 8, 1848. 



Joshua S. Smith m. April 24, 1822, Maria Lawrence, dau. of 
Phinehas Lawrence. He d. Jan. 7, 1865. 

Levi James, b. May 15, 1823 ; m. Laura A. George of Cornish, Vt. ; 

r. in Lex. till about 1852. 
Charles L., b. Nov. 16, 1824; m. Patience Clarke of Me. They are 

now residing in Charlton. 
Alden Bradford, b. Aug. 1, 1829 ; m. Hannah Clarke of East Camb. 

r. in Lexington. 
Meline Augusta, b. Jan. 28, 1830. 
Maria Louisa, b Dec. 6, 1832; d. Jan. 21, 1852. 
Windsor, b. April 19, 1836 ; m. Anna Ford of Provincetown ; r. in 

Boston. 
Anyia Arbelle, b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. Oct. 7, 1854. 
Marshall Brown, b. March 8, 1843. 



Ebenezer R. Smith m. Jan. 29, 1829, Almira Reed. She d. 
Feb. 12, 1860, aged 56. 

Sarah E., b. Oct. 27, 1829 ; m. April 23, 1851, Edmund Reed, Bur. 
Eustis B., b. March 6, 1832 ; d. Dec. 10, 1832. 



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2i9\Almira J., b. Oct. 1, 1833; d. Nov. 22, 1834. 

250 Almira Jane, b. Oct. 24, 1835. 251 EusUs Reed, h. June ,30, 1839. 

252 Odavia, b. July 16, 1841. 



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Billings Smith m. Feb. 10, 1847, Martha Childs, dau. of Isaac 
Childs of Walt. He traded several years in Lexington, where he 
now resides, but is doing business in Boston, in the grain line. 



Billings, b. July 19, 1848. 
Martha B., b. April 29, 1853. 
Alice M., b. Feb. 24, 1867. 



254 Lnry R., b. Nov. 18, 1850. 
256 Ralph, b. Sept. 28, 1857. 



William Smith b. May 26, 1794, in Walt. ; came to Lex. Jan. 8, 
1819, m. April, 1820, Mary Fiske, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Flagg) 
Fiskeof Walt. She d. March 19, 1823, leaving one child. He ni. 
July 22, 1824, Mary C. Green, dau. of Jonas and Hannah (Child) 
Green of Walt. She d. Feb. 13, 1829. She had two children. He 
m. Nov. 1832, Joan, wid. of Oliver Locke. Capt. William Smith, 
though not a Lexington man by birth, is from the same parent stock 
as the families above traced. He was son of Elijah Smith, b Jan. 
30, 1760, who was the son of Jonas Smith, b. June 7, 1719, who was 
the son of Zachariah Smith, b. May 16, 1687, who was the son of 
Jonathan (No. 13 in the foregoing table of the Smith family), and 
Jonathan was a brother of Thomas, John, and Joseph, who settled 
in Lex., and they were sons of Thomas, who was born in England 
and came to this country, 1635, with his father, John. 

William H., b. Dec. 22, 1820; he resides in Boston. 

Franklin G., b. May 23, 1825; d. Sept. 19, 1826. 

Charles O., b, Sept. 25, 1827 ; d. March 25, 1829. 

MarxjE.B., b. Jan. 3, 1834; m. May 21, 1861, William P. F. 
Meserve. They reside in Boston, and have three chil., Josephine 
C, b. Nov. 2, 1862; William S., b. June 28, 1864; Harry F„ b. 
May 7, 1867. 



Websteu Smith, like Capt. William above, is a Lexington man by 
adoption, but is of the same parent stock as the Lexington families. 
His father, Jonas Smith, b. Feb. 6, 1788, was son of Zachariah, b. 
Aug. 22, 1749, who was son of Jonas, b. June 7, 1719. Here the 
ancestors of William and Webster unite ; and by tracing them back 
through Zachariah, we come to Jonathan (No. 13 in the foregoing 
register of the Smiths), and thence to the first emigrant. These 
Smiths generally resided in Waltham. 

Jonas Smith of Line. m. 1815, Abigail Fiske, dau. of Phinehas. 
She d. April 13, 1862. They have had Abigail, d. in infancy; 
Francis, b. April 8, 1822, m. Abigail Baker ; Webster, h. Ma,y 24:, 
1825 ; Sarah Caroline, b. June 7, 1828, m. Samuel Pierce. 

Webster Smith, the second son of Jonas, purchased the well 
known Phinney Place, and came to Lex. about 1852. He m. April 
5, 1863, Caroline Cormic, dau. of Peter and Mary Cormic of Pictou, 
Nova Scotia. They have one child, Abbie Fiske, b. July 4, 1865. 
He was one of the selectmen during the Rebellion, when many 
important duties were devolved upon that Board. 



There are other Smiths in Lexington, who have come into town 
recently, but do not belong to the same original stock. 



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William L. Smith came to Lex. from Sterlintr about 1820. 
m. Hannah Lane of Bed. He d. July, 1857, aged 00. 



He 



William H., b. Dec. 10, 1820 ; m. May 20, 1849, Susan L. Holbrook. 

He was a trader in the East Village. He was killed by falling 

from his wagon, 1867. He had one child, George Edwin, b. July 

27, 1854. 
Adeline A., b. June 20, 1827; m. May 1, 181G, Horatio Locke of 

West Cambridge. 
George 0., b. Jan. 5, 1832 ; is in business in Boston. 



There is still another family of Smiths in Lexington. 

Sylvanus W. Smith came to Lex. from Newton, 1831. Abiel 
Smith of Smithfield, R. I., removed to Needliam, Mass., where he d. 
Feb. 1861. His son, Enoch Smith, was b. in Needliam, but settled 
in Newton, where he d. Nov. 25, 1834. He m. Elizabeth Woods, 
dau. of George Woods of Rox. She d. Oct. 11, 1848. Sylvanus 
W. Smith, son of Enoch and Elizabeth, was b. in Newton, Aug. 2, 
1808, and ra. July 6, 1834, Catharine Adams of Lex., dau. of Zab- 
diel and Susan, b. April 26, 1813. They have had three children, 
Susan E., h. July 9, 1835; Ellen E., h. Nov. 25, 1837, d. Aug. 7, 
1848; Emma A., b. Oct. 5, 1848. Sylvanus W. Smith has served 
several years as overseer of the poor and as selectman. He is also 
a magistrate. 



THE SPAULDING FAMILY. 

Though the name of Spaulding is quite common, no family of that 
name has resided in Lexington till a period comparatively recent. 
The Spauldings probably originated in Braintree, where Edward and 
his wife Margaret settled, and where she d. 1640. He had Edward 
and Benjamin b. in Braintree before 1644, and Andreio b. Nov. 19, 
1653 in Chelmsford, to which place he had removed. Andrew was a 
deacon of the church there. The descendants o^ Edward Spaidding 
became numerous in that and some of the neighboring towns. Ed- 
ward Spaulding was chosen into office in Chelmsford in 1654, and is 
said to have planted the first orchard in the town. The late Dr. 
Spaulding of Lexington descended from this stock. 

Stillman Spaulding, son of Job and Sarah (Proctor) Spaulding 
of Chelmsford, m. May 13, 1819, Lucy Butterfield, dau. of John and 
Rebecca (Kendall) Butterfield of the same town. Having studied 
medicine, he established himself in Lex. about 1820, and continued 
in practice to the time of his death, May 26, I860. He was in his 
72(1 year. 

John B., b. June 29, 1823; d. May 4, 1832. 

Susan B., b. July 31, 1826; m. Jan. 23, 1845, William J. Currier, 

who is in practice of medicine in Lexington. 
Nathaniel E., b. Nov. 23, 1829; m. June 14, 1858, Henrietta D. 

Palfrey of Boston. 
Louisa B., b. Feb. 16, 1833; d. next day. 
John B., b. Sept. 11, 1836; m. Oct. 3, 1861, Mary Bates Saville of 

Gloucester. 

There are other Spauldings in Lexington, from whom no returns 
have been received, 
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STAPLES. — Rev. Nauor Augustus Staples, who was settled 
in L('xin<;ton, was son of Jason and Pliila (Tuft) Staples of Mendon. 
He was b. Aiifi. 21, 1830; m. Sept. 24, 1854, Margaret Shipping, 
dau. of Cliarles and Martha (Eddawes) Shipping of Philadelphia, 
Pa. lie grad. at Meadville Theological School in 1854, and was 
ordained at Lexington, Sept. 20, 1854. He was dismissed at his 
own ri quest, Kov. 30, 1856, and was settled over a new society 
formed in Milwaukee, 111. After the breaking out of the Rebellion, 
he united himself with one of the Illinois regiments as chaplain. His 
health bee.inie impaired and he left the service. Having partially 
recovered his health, he settled over a society in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
His zeal and unsparing devotion to his profession gradually under- 
mined his constitution, and he d. Feb. 5, 18G4. Mr. Staples was a 
man of brilliant talents, and though he died young, had acquired a 
high reputation as a preacher. Their first child, Frederick A. Staples, 
was b. in Lex. Dec. 11, 1855. 



THE STEARNS FAMILY. 

There have been a few Stearnses in Lexington in every period of 
her history, and yet it is impossible to give a connected genealogy 
of them. This arises from the fact that the first family of that name 
became nearly if not quite extinct, and also from the fact that they 
descended from two distinct families. 

Isaac Steakns came to this country in 1C30, probably in the same 
ship with Gov. AVinthrop and Richard Saltonstall, and settled in 
Wat., near Mount Auburn He was made freeman, 1030, which is 
the earliest date of any such admissions. He was selectman several 
years, and d. June 19, 1G71, leaving a wid., Mary, who d. April 2, 
1G77. Two or three of their children were born in England. Isaac 
Stearns, in his Will, dated only a few days before his death, says, 
" My will is that my kinsman, Charles Stearns, shall have ten 
pounds of my estate." This Charles Stearns is the ancestor of a 
portion of the Lex. Stearnses. 

Mary, b. in Eng. ; m. July 9, 164G, Isaac Learned of Woburn. 

Hannah, b. in Eng. ; m. in Wat. Dec. 25, 1650, Henry Freeman. 

John, b, in Eng. ; settled in Billerica, where he d. 1668. 

\Isaac, b. Jan 6, 1633; m. June 24, 1660, Sarah Beers. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1635; in. June 7, 1655, Dea. Samuel Stone of 

Camb. She d. Oct. 6, 1700. 
Samuel, b. April 24, 1638 ; d. Aug. 3, 1683. 
Elizabeth, b. ; m. April 13, 1664, Samuel Manning of Camb. ; 

r. in Billerica. 
Abigail, b. ; m. April 27, 1666, Dea. John Morse. 



Isaac Stearns m, June 24, 1660, Sarah Beers, and settled in 
Lex. He d. Aug. 2, 1676, and his wid. m. July 23, 1677, Thomas 
Wheeler of Concord. 

Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1662; in. Dec. 27, 1678, John Wheeler of Con. 
Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1663; m. Jan. 1, 1694, John Cutler. 

\Isaac, b. April 26, 1666 ; m. Elizabeth . 

\Sam7iel, b. Jan. 11, 1668; m. Phebe . 

Abigail, b. ; m. Nov. 29, 1692, Samuel Hartwell, and d. 

May 11, 1709. 
John, b. 1675. He r. in Con., afterwards in Bil., where he d. 1734. 



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Isaac Stearns m. Elizabeth . He was a subscriber to the 

first meeting house, 1692, and was taxed the year following. He 
was ad. to the ch. May 8, 1699, by a letter from the ch. in Wat, 
He was constable in 1710. His first four children were recorded in 
Camb., the others in Lex, His children settled in Stoughton, 



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twins, b. Oct. 19, 1697 ; both went to Stoughton. 



Isaac, 

Simon, 

Jahesh, b. Jan. 27, 1700; d. Apiil 30, 1700. 

Jonatlian, b. Nov. 20, 1701; r. in Stoughton. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 26, 1704. 

Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1706; m. about 1729, Dr. Edward Esty of 

Stoughton, who lived to be one hundred years old. They had 

fourteen children, twelve died without families. 
Martha, bap. Feb. 7, 1709; m. Nov. 1, 1734, Daniel Talbot of 

Stoughton. 
Ebenezer, bap. July 8, 1711 ; was a Baptist clergyman in Stoughton. 
Abigail, bap. Nov. 12, 1713. 



Samuel Stearns m. Phebe . He was in the precinct at its 

organization, and was taxed 1694, was an assessor 1711, '13, '17, 
and was a tythingman, 1718. He was killed by a casualty, Nov. 19, 
1721, and his widow settled his estate. She moved to Littleton in 
173U, with a portion of her children. The rest ajjpeared to have 
scattered in ditferent directions. 

Sarah, b. Jan. 15, 1697; m. May 21, 1729, William Wheeler of 

Stoughton. 
Mary, b. June 27, 1699; m. John Powers of Shutesbury. 
Abigail, b. Feb. 18, 1700 ; m. Joseph Temple of Con. 
Samuel, b. March 7, 1702; resided in HoUis, N. H. 
Ruth, b. May 25, 1704 ; m. Feb. 5, 1724, Oliver Lawrence of Wat. 

and d. 1725. 

Phebe, b. Feb. 23, 1706; m. Cummings ofUxbrldge. 

Rebecca, b. April 15, 1708; m. AVhittemore. 

Thomas, b. July 4, 1710; resided in Littleton. 

John, b. July 23, 1712; r. in Dedham and Attleboro'. 

Joseph, bap. April 15, 1715. 

Benjamin, b. Jan. 6, 1720 ; resided in Rutland. 

This branch of the Stearns family appears to have become extinct 
in Lexington; though other branches fiom time to time crop out in 
the town. 



Phinehas Stearns of Waltham. b. Feb. 28, 1738, son of Dea. 
Isaac, m. July 9, 1761, Mary Wellington, who d Feb. 13, 1790. 
He moved to Lexington as early as 1768. A part of their children 
were b. in Lex., and several of them m into Lex. families. He was 
in the Revolution. He was selectman 1781 and 1782. 

Sarah, b, Dec. 24, 1761 ; m. Isaac Hastings of Lexington. 
Mary, b. March 6, 1764; m. William Stearns, and d. 1814. 
Pdeg, b. April 25, 1766 ; m. May 22. 1794, Susan Phiniiey. 
John, bap. April 24, 1768; m. May 22, 1794, Chloe Phinney. 

The foregoing two brothers were r,i. at the same time, and their 
wives were sisters, dau. of Benjamin Phinney of Lexington. 
Phinehas, bap. June 1, 1770; d. young. 
Susanna, b. Aug. 8, 1774; m. 18U0, James W^yeth of Camb. 
Isaac, b. Nov. 3, 1770 ; d. young. 



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Bebecca, b. Aug. 24, 1778; m. April 11, 1805, David Wellington. 
Boreas, b. May 8, 1780; m. Dec. 11, 1808, Luke CbiUl. 



Samuel Stearns b. Oct. 23, 1761, son of Samuel of Walt., m. 
1790, Elizabeth Brown, dau. of Capt. Francis Brown of Lex., re- 
sided for a short time in Lex., where he d. June 13, 1805. They 
had Samuel, b. in AValt. Aug. 20, 1800 ; and CJuales and Edwin, 
twins, b. in Lex. May 22, 1804. Charles d. in Boston, 1880. num. 
and Edwin went to ]\Iiddletown, Conn., where he became prouiinent, 
having been bank commissioner, aideto the Governor, representative 
and senator, and State treasurer. 



Charles Stearns of Wat. was admitted freeman, May 6, 1646. 
He was " kinsman" of Isaac Stearns, mentioned in his Will, 1G71. 
Li 1680, he was elected constable in Wat., but declined serving. It 
is supposed that soon after this he moved to Lynn End (now Lynn- 
field) with his son, Shubael, His first wife, Hannah, d. in Wat. 
1651, and he m. second, June 22, 1654, Rebecca Gibson, dau. of 
John Gibson of Cambridge. 

Samuel, b. in Wat. June 2, 1650; settled in Watertown. 
Shubael, b. in Camb. Sept. 20, 1655 ; settled in Lynnfield. 
\John, b. in Camb. Jan. 24, 1657 ; r. in Lexington, 

Isaac, b. ; settled in Salem, and d. previous to 1692. 

Cliarles, b. • ; slain in the King's service prior to 1695. 

Rebecca, b. ; m. Jan. 25, 1693, Thomas Traine. 

Martha, b. ; m. • Hutchinson. 



John Stearns m. Judith Lawrence. She d. and he m. April 2, 
1713, Mary Norcross. He resided in Lex., where he was taxed in 
the first tax bill, 1693. He d. Feb. 22, 1722. Living near the line 
of Wat., most of his children were bap. in that town. 

Rebecca, b. March 21, 1682. 10 Judith, bap. June 22, 1690. 

Sarah, bap. June 22, 1690. 

George, bap. June 22, 1690; d. June 26, 1760; r. in Waltham. ' 

\Benjamin, bap. June 22, 1690 ; m. Hepzibah Shattuck. 

John, bap. May 11, 1701 ; m. Deliverance Bigelow ; r. in Worcester. 

Thomas, bap. May 11, 1701; he settled in Worcester, and kept a 
public house. 

Daniel, bap. May 11, 1701. 

Isaac, bap. May 11, 1701; m. Mehitabel Frost; r. in Boston. 

Mary, bap. May 11, 1701. 19 Elizabeth, bap. May 11, 1701. 

Abigail, b. in Lex. May 12, 1700 ; m. April 2, 1724, Jonas Har- 
rington. 

Charles, b. in Lex. Oct. 22, 1702; he was ad. to the ch. Jan. 15, 
1721, and dismissed April 13, 1729, to a church in Carolina. 



Benjamin Stearns m. Sept. 6, 1721, Hepzibah Shattuck, wid. of 
Nathaniel. Her maiden name was Hastings. 

Hepzibah, bap. Sept. 1, 1722; d. 1723. 

Benjamin, b. 1723 ; d. 1724. 

Hepzibah, b. March 7, 1725; m. 1744, Josiah Smith of Weston. 

Lucy, b. Jan. 24, 1727 ; m. Feb. 28, 1748, James Smith of Weston. 

\Benjamin, b. Dec. 27, 1728 ; m. in Newton, Hannah Seger. 

Benjamin Stearns m. Sept. 11, 1754, Hannah Seger of Newton. 
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July of that year, five of their children were baptized. He d. May 
26, 1801, aged 73; she d. Nov. 25, 1805, aged 69. He was in the 
campaign to White Plains, in 1776. 

\Asn7iel, bap. July 13, 1766; m. Mary Smith. 

Habakkuk, bap. July 13, 1766; m. April 18, 1785, Eunice Child, 

and settled in Line, where he d. Feb. 15, 1822, and his wid. d. 

Nov. 1822. 
Nalium, h3i\i. July 13, 1766. 
Martha, bap. July 13, 1766 ; d. May 9, 1791. 
Ishmael, bap. Jul'y 13, 1766; r. in Walt, and d. 1820. 
Noah, bap. Sept. 21, 1766; m. June 5, 18U6, Prudence Winship of 

Lexington. 
Hannah, bap. Sept. 21, 1766; m. Feb. 17, 1785, John Parker. 

They were the parents of Rev. Theodore Parker. 
Hiram, bap. Oct. 16, 1768. 
Jepiha, m. in Weston, Nov. 1, 1798, Sally Fiske. 

Ammi, b. ; m. in Boston, Jan. 31, 1804, Polly Stearns. 

Elislia, bap. April 27, 1777. 



AsAHEi. Stearns m. Mary Smith. They made their peace with 
the ch. in Lex. Sept. 25, 1785, and two of their children were bap. 
Oct. 2, 1785. He was a member of Capt. Parker's co. 1775, was 
one of the eight months' men in 1775, and was in the continental line. 

Nathan, bap. Oct. 2, 1785 ; m. May 21, 1807, Susanna Adams. He 

d. 1845. 

Moses, bap. Aug. 13, 1786 ; m. Harthan ; resided in Lex. 

Amns, bap. July 6. 1788; ni. Nancy Blodgett; r. in Lowell. 

\Joel, bap. June 20, 1790 ; m. Betsey Parker. 

Matthew, bap. June 17, 1792; m. Nabby Brooks. 

Rhoda, bap. July 27, 1794 ; m. Charles Gove. 

Leonard, bap. Aug. 28, 1796 ; m. Hannah Wilson; r. in Belmont. 

Marshall, bap. Aug. 26, 1798 ; m. Elvira Flagg. 

Luther, bap. Sept 12, 1800; m. Oct. 5, 1830, Lydia Varnum. They 

had four children, who d. young. 
Ot'is, bap. Nov. 14, 1802 ; m. Lydia . 



Joel Stearns m. Betsey Parker. 

John, b. about 1816 ; r. in Charlestown. 
\Oeorge, b. Nov. 3, 1818; m. Lavinia Hadley. 

David, b. ; m. Adeline Withington ; r. in Charlestown. 

Almira, b. about 1822 ; m. George Webber of Waltham. 
Ambrose M., b. 1824; m. Cynthia Viles of Walt. ; r. in Chariest. 

Abner, b. ; m. Charlotte Bigelow of Line. ; r. in Chariest. 

Henry, b. ; m. Marie Piper of Walt. ; resides there. 

Jane, b. ; m. Sept. 22, 1844, Nathan I3oynton; r. Westboro'. 

Edtvard, b. ; d. 1863. 

Ophelia, b. ; m. George Rawson ; r. in Boston. 

Albert, b. ; m. Lizzie Grace ; r. in Waltham. 

There being no record of the family, they may not be arranged in 
the order of their birth. 

George Stearns m. Dec. 25, 1844, Lavinia Hadley, dau. of 
Sewell Hadley. 

Oeorge Arthur, b. March 12, 1846. 
Adelaide, b. Dec. 16, 1818. 
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THE STETSON FAMILY. 

Caleb Stktson is a son of Thomas Stetson of Kingston, and was 
b. July 12, 1793. He grad. H. C. 1822, and was settled as a clergy- 
man at Medford, Feb. 28, 1827. lie left Medford, and was settled 
at South Sc'ituate. Mr. Stetson is a lineal descendant from the 
original emigrant, Robert Stetson, who settled in Scitu.-ite, commonly 
called " Cornet Robert," he being a cornet of the first company of 
horse in Plymouth Colony. He was seventeen years a deputy to 
the General Court, and was active in King Phillip's War. He d. 
Feb. 1, 1702, aged 90 years. Thomas, his third son, had a family 
of twelve children. Elisha, the fifth son of Thomas, bap. 1686, m. 
about 1706, Abigail Brewster, by whom he had five children. Elisha, 
his only son, b. 1718, m. 1742, Sarah Adams, and had ten children. 
Thomas, his third son, b. March 9, 1752, m. Sept. 3, 1778, Elizabeth 
Cook of Kingston, and had eleven children. He was a shipmaster 
about thirty years, when he left the sea, and settled on a farm in 
Harvard, where he d. 1820. His children, of whom Caleb was the 
ninth, were born in Kingston. 

Caleb Stetson m. Aug. 22, 1827, Julia Ann Merriam, dau. of 
Rufus and Martha (Simonds) Merriam of Lexington. After leaving 
South Scituate, he came to Lex. to reside on the old homestead of 
his father-in-law, in 1860. 

Frederic D., b. July, 1828 ; went abroad for his health, and was lost 
at sea on his passage from Palermo, March 10, 1846. 

TJiomas M., b. June 15, 1830; grad. H. C. 1849, read law, and is 
in practice at New Bedford. He m. Sept. 10, 1856, Caroline 
Dawes, dau. of Hon. Thomas D. Elliott of New Bedford. 

Julia, b. April 1, 1834; m. Dec. 5, 1867, Sergeant C. Whitcher of 
Boston ; r. in Lexington. 

Osgood, b. Oct. 5, 1837 ; d, Oct. 9, 1838. 

Edicard G., b. Nov. 4, 1840; grad. H. C. 1863, is studying law. 

Abby, b. Sept. 10, 1844 ; m. March 8, 1866, A. Augustus Griffing. 

Ellen W., b. July 31, 1847. 



STEVENS. — The family here traced is said to have descended 
from John Stevens, one of the first settlers of Andover, but in the 
absence of the records we are unable to fill up the line of descent. 

CvRUS Stevens of Gloucester m. about 1796, Hannah Elwell of 
that town. They had Caroline, b. 1797 ; William, b. 1799 ; two 
children who d. in early infancy; George, b. 1802; Henry, b. 1804; 
James, b. 1807. 

William Stevens, son of Cyrus and Hannah, m. May 13, 1822, 
Nancy Pierce, dau. of Henry and Abigail (Knights) Pierce. He 
settled in Gloucester and subsequently in Charlestown, and from 
thence cams to Lex. about 1845. He engaged in mercantile pur- 
suits, and afterwards was a clerk in the Boston Custom House 
twelve years. He d. Aug. 28, 1862, aged 63. They had the fol- 
lowing children, Anna P., b. Dec. 29, 1823, d. Oct. 8, 1824; Wil- 
liam li., b. April 13, 1826, m. June 5, 1848, Caroline E. Goodrich 
of Charlestown, they reside in California, and have two children; 
Thoma^ine L., b. March 25, 1828; Ann C, b. Feb. 28, 1831, m. 
June 2, 1852, Horace B. Davis, and has two children ; Hannah E., 
h. June 2, 1833, m. Nov. 27, 1857, George D. Robinson, and d. 
April 5, 18G4, leaving one child; Mary, b. Nov, 12, 1844. 






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THE STONE FAMILY. 

The Stones were early in the country, and have become very 
numerous in all parts of the State. They were among the early 
settlers in Lexington, and were numerous, respectable, and influen- 
tial. There were so many of the same name, that they were in many 
instances in the Lex. Records, designated by their geographical 
position, as John Stone East and John Stone West, Samuel Stone 
East and Samuel Stone West. But the family are now, and for some 
time have been, nearly or quite extinct in the town. 

Gregory Stone, their original ancestor, came to this country 
with his family in 16.S5, and settled in Cambridge. He was one of 
the members of the first church, and was one of its deacons. He 
had six children, four sons and two daughters. He was also step- 
father of John and Lydia Cooper, two children of his wife bv her 
first husband in England. Dea. Stone d. Nov. 30, 1672, aged 82. 
She d. June 24, 1674. He was ad. freeman, 1636 ; was one of the 
proprietors of Watertown, and a representative in 1638. 



John, b. in Eng. about 1619; m. Anne 



He was one of the 



proprietors of Sudbury, had several grants of land there, and 
settled on the Sudbury river near the Falls, being the place where 
the village of Saxonville, in Framingham, is now situated. He 
had twelve children, and his descendants have been numerous in 
Sudbury, Framingham, and other towns in that neighborhood. 
None of them came to Lexington. 

Daniel, Avas a " chirurgeon," and resided in Boston. 

\David, settled on his father's "Cambridge Farms," where he owned 
a large tract in the southwestern part of the town, including what 
is now a part of Lincoln, where Gregory Stone, one of his descend- 
ants lived on the old homestead. 

Samuel, like his brother David, settled on his father's large tract, 
residing about a mile easterly of his brother, near the junction of 
our present Lincoln and Weston streets, where stood the old 
mansion, occupied by the Stones for more than a century. 

Elizabeth, m. Potter, and resided in Ipswich. 

Sarah, m. July 12, 1653, Joseph Merriam of Con. and was the mo- 
ther of Joseph, John, Robert, and Thomas Merriam, who settled 
in Lex. in the innnediate neighborhood of the Stones, She d. 
in Lex. April 8, 1704, aged 71, and hence was born 1633. 



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about 1648, and had David, 



but the mother and child soon d., and he m. second, Dorcas 
and had several children. He was made freeman, 1647. He d. Jan. 
16, 1704, and shed. Aug. 13, 1704. His name does not appear upon 
the first records of the precinct, except as a tax payer, and his tax 
being small, he had probably disposed of most of his property to his 
sons, and had in a manner retired from business, as he was between 
seventy and eighty years of age. The record of his family, and 
that of his sons, is exceedingly defective, and hence I can give no 
full account of them. 

\David, b. April 9, 1650; ra. Dec. 31, 1674, Sarah Hildreth. 
^Daniel, b. . 10 Dorcas, b. Dec. 18, 1652. 



\John, b. 1654 ; m. Mary — 
\Samuel, b. June 19, 1656 ; m. Hannah 
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try. He m. June 7, 1655, Sarah Stearns of Wat., by whom he had 
ten or twelve children, about half of whom d. young. It is difficult 
to say at what time Samuel Stone and his brother David came to 
Cambridge Farms, but it is probable that they settled here about the 
time of their marriage, that is, about 1648 and 1655 respectively; 
and as the country was at that time unsettled, they would naturally 
precede their families, and so may have been here a year earlier. 
They were at all events among the first settlers. 

Samuel's name is borne upon our first records, being a subscriber 
for the first meeting house in 1692, and was taxed on the precinct 
tax bill in 1693, where his tax was higher than that of any other 
citizen, showing that he was a man of large landed property. 

At the first organization of the precinct, no man was more promi- 
nent than Samuel Stone, Sen. He was chosen deacon at the organi- 
zation of the ch., was assessor, and was on almost every important 
committee. He d. Sept. 27, 1715, aged 80 years and 7 months. 
His first wife, Sarah, d. Oct. 4, 1700, and he m. second, Abigail 
, who d. in Wo., 1728, aged 71. 



f Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1656 ; m. Dorcas Jones of Concord. 

Sarali, b. Feb. 5, 1660; m. Edward Converse of Woburn, where 

she was living 1709. 
\John, b. May 12, 1663; m. Rachel Shepard of Concord. 
Lydia, b. Nov. 25, 1665 ; m. Francis Bowman. 
\ Joseph, b. 1671; ra. Sarah Wait. ? 
Anna, b. June 30, 1673 ; m. it is supposed, John Merry. 



David Stone m. Dec. 31, 1674, Sarah Hildreth. In the absence 
of any connected record, I shall not attempt to give any connected 
genealogy of this family. He probably d. Sept. 21, 1679. 



Sarah, b. March 6, 1676. 



21 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1679. 



Daniel Stone m. Sarah . The following is all that can be 

gleaned of this family from the Lex. Records. Daniel Stone was a 
subscriber for the meeting house in 1692, and was taxed in the pre- 
cinct the year following. I find no record of the birth of his chil- 
dren. In 1700, Gregory Stone, Lydia Stone, arid Susanna Stone, 
children of Daniel Stone, were baptized. With this meagre record, 
we dismiss the family, observing that there is a marked difference 
between the Stones denominated East and those denominated West ; 
the former kept up a good record in the town and church, while the 
latter did not. 



John Stone m. Mary . Of this family but little appears of 

record. John Stone West, was a subscriber for the meeting house in 
1692, and his name appears subsequently in the precinct tax bills. 
His wife was ad. to the ch. June 14, 1699. 

Mary, bap. Nov. 13, 1698. 

Abigail, bap. Nov. 13, 1698 ; m. Jan. 9, 1724, John Cutler. 
Benjamin, bap. Feb. 1702; probably m., as we find Mary of Ben- 
jamin Stone, bap. Oct. 13, 1728. 



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the first meeting house, designating himself '* David's son." The 
records give very little information concerning his family. 

Mary, bap. Nov. 13, 1698. 



Samuel Stone m. June 12, 1679, Dorcas Jones of Concord. 
He was designated Samuel Stone East, to distinguish him from his 
cousin Samuel, who was called Samuel Stone West. He was one of 
the original members of the church in 1696, and his wife was received 
in 1698, from the church in Concord. He d. June 17, 1743, aged 
87; she d. Sept. 24, 1746, aged 87. He was chosen deacon of the 
ch. Nov. 1715, to fill the vacancy in that office occasioned by the 
death of his father. He was selectman, 1714, '15, '23. 

^Saimiel, b. Aug. 12, 1684; m. Abigail Reed of Woburn. 

\Joseph, b. Feb. 8, 1687 ; m. Mary . 

\Jonathan, b. Feb. 2, 1689; m. Chary Adams. 

Sarah, b. ; m. Thomas Cutler. 

Elizabeth, b. 1693; ra. March 18, 1710, John Lawrence. 
Rebecca, b. 1696 ; m. Benjamin Reed. 



John Stone m. April 27, 1687, Rachel Shepard of Con. He 
was a subscriber for the first meeting house, and to distinguish him 
from his cousin, and to show that he was on the high road of military 
promotion, he was designated c.orijoral. They were admitted to the 
church Jan. 18, 1708. He d. Feb. 3, 1713, in his 49th year. 

Rachel, b. 1688; d. Aug. 31, 1695. 

\John, b. Dec. 15, 1689 ; m. April 8. 1714, Mary Reed. 

Mary. b. Sept. 26, 1692; m. John Bowman. 

Anna, b. Nov. 27, 1694; m, Dec. 8, 1718, Josiah Parker. 

Rachel, b. June 6, 1697 ; m. Jan. 1721, Jonathan Butterfield of 

Cambridge. 
Ruth, b. Aug. 27, 1700. 



Joseph Stone m. Sarah Wait. He d. Jan. 17, 1703, aged 32. 
He was ta.xed in the precinct, 1693. 

Lydia, b. about 1693. 

Isaac, b. about 1695 ; m. July 24, 1722, Elizabeth Brown of Sud- 
bury. He moved to Shrewsbury. 

Joseph, b. about 1697 ; m. Lydia Parkhurst of Weston, and resided 
in Framingham. 

Abigail, bap. Jan. 1, 1699; m. Jan. 9, 1723, John Cutler. 

Sarah, bap. Nov, 1700; m. Nov. 5, 1719, Joseph Blodgett. 

Tabitha, bap. Jan. 3, 1703 ; m. in Weston, Aug. 26, 1728, Samuel 
Warren. 



Samuel Stone m. April 3, 1706, Abigail Reed of Wo. dau. of 
Dea. George Reed. June 8, 1718. Samuel Stone and wife were dis- 
missed from the ch. of Lex. to the ch. of Sud., where they then lived ; 
subsequently they removed to Rutland. Afterwards they returned 
to Lex. and were readmitted, Nov. 11, 1744. He d. April 5, 1769 ; 
she d. Jan. 16, 1767. 

Abigail, b. April 21, 1707; m. April 2, 1724, Micah Stone of Fra- 
mingham. 

Samuel, b. Dec. 8, 1708 ; m. Oct. 20, 1732, Mindwell Stevens of 
Rutland, where he settled and had a familj^. 
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Elizabeth, b. Dec. 21, 1713; in. Jan. 12, 1731, John Stone, settled 

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Tabilha, b. Jan. 9, 1716; m. John Noyes of Sndbnry. 
Mary, b. March 9, 1718; m. Thomas Bent of Sii(ll)iiry. 
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1753. He was selectman, 1743. 



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Ephraim, b. Nov. 20, 1710; resided in Stow. 

Mary, ) b. June 26, 1714; m. AVilliam Keyes of Harvard. 

Joseph, \ b. June 26, 1714; r. in Brookfield. 

Ahitjail. b. Sejjt. 26, 1716; m. Josiah Shattuck of Cambridge. 

\Samuel, b. Aug. 13, 1718; m. Jane . 

Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1720; m. Dea. Jonas Stone as his second wife. 
James, b. Aug. 7, 1722 ; resided in Weston, dismissed to that church 

1749. 
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1724; m. Jan. 15, 1752, Benjamin Sampson of 

Leominster. 
Dorcas, b. April 11, 1725; m. Benjamin Stone of Harvard. 
Bartholomew, b. June 19, 1727 ; d. young. 



Jonathan Stone m. Nov. 17, 1712, Chary Adams of Concord. 

Margaret, b. Oct. 25, 1713; d. Dec. 30, 1713. 

Dorcas, b, March 25, 1715; m. Nov. 13, 1733, Joseph Wellington. 

Margaret, b. Sept. 15, 1718; m. March 13, 1735, Thomas Welling- 
ton, jr. 

Rebecca, ) h. Jan. 7, 1723 ; m. Timothy Wellington. 

Love, I h. Jan. 7, 1723 ; m. June 11, 1747, Samuel Whittemore of 
Cambridge. 

Jonathan, bap. March 14, 1725; m. 1747, Martha Cutler of West 
Cambridge. 

Samuel, b. June 10, 1727; m. first, Martha Earle of Boston, second, 
Mrs. Eunice Underwood of Lexington. 

Josiah, b. Nov. 10, 1729 ; m. Abigail . 



John Stone m. April 8, 1714, Mary Reed, dau. of Capt. William 
Reed. He d. Aug. 7, 1762, aged 73. and she d. Oct. 16, 1772, aged 
78. In his Will, dated Nov. 11, 1756, he gave £5 to the church, 
of which he was deacon. He was selectman 1734, and for eight 
subsequent years, and assessor 1746. 

John, b. July 11, 1715; d. March 22, 1736, aged 21 years. 

Mary, b. Feb. 26, 1717; she was insane. 

Anna, h. Nov. 22, 1718; m. July 28, 1737, Robert Munroe, who 

was killed on the Common, April 19, 1775. 
Nathan, b. Sept. 21, 1723; d. July 13, 1740, aged 16 years. 
Buth, b. July 5, 1725; d. July 19, 1740, aged 15 years. 
Lydia, h. Sept. 20, 1729; m. June 6, 1751, Nathaniel Mulliken, 

who d. Nov. 23, 1767, aged 46, and she m. Jonathan Harrington. 

She d. Nov. 13, 1785. 



Jonas Stone m. Elizabeth Adams. He moved to Rutland, where 
his wife d. April 3, 1751, when he returned to Lexington, where he 
m. May 12, 1762, his cousin, Sarah Stone, dau. of Joseph. He d. 
Oct. 29, 1790, aged 80, and she d. Nov. 4, 1780, aged 61. He was 
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1776, was representative from 1771 to 1777, delegate to tbe first 
and second Provincial Congresses in 1774 and 1775. 

Elizabeth, b. 1733 ; d. Dec. 27, 1752. 

Deborah, b. 1736; m. April 13, 1753, Samuel Bass of Boston. 

\Jonas, b. 1741; m. June 12, 1756. Sarah Buckman. 

lAicy, b. 1743; m. Jan. 17, 1765, Joseph Smith. 

Hannah, b. 1746 ; m. June 29, 1769, Thomas Barrett of Concord. 

Zerviah, b. 1749 ; d. Dec. 27, 1752. 



Samuel Stone m. Jane , who d. 1786, aged 66, and he d. in 

Le.K. March 31, 1768. They had two children recorded, Elizabeth, 
b. June 5, 1743; Ruth, b. Nov. 26, 1744, m. July 21, 1768, John 
Buckman, jr. 



Jonas Stone m. June 12, 1766, Sarah Buckman. He d. April 
24, 1814, aged 73, and she d. Sept. 24, 1825, aged 78. He was a 
member of Capt. farker's company in 1775. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 1767. 

Samuel, b. Dec. 27, 1769; m. Sally Child. He d. Oct. 11, 1824, 
and she d. Oct. 9, 1824. They were both buried in the same 
grave, the same day. They had Samuel, b. March 27, 1794, who 
m. Mary Spaulding. 

Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1770. 

The Stones of L'exington seemed to disappear rather suddenly, 
and to have left a record so imperfect, that it is impossible to state 
their genealogy, or the place to which they removed. It would be 
injustice, however, not to mention the generous act of one of that 
name, whose family we are unable to trace. At a town meetin"- in 
Lex. held June 15, 1761, "Mr. Isaac Stone co.me into said meeting 
and gave the Town a Bell for the Town's use forever ; which Bell 
was there, and weighed four hundred sixty-three pounds, for which 
the Moderator in the name of the Town returned him thanks." 



THE STOWE FAMILY. 

William Stowe was born in New Haven, Conn, and m. Emeline 
Thomas of that place. Like many other young men, he was thrown 
in early life upon his own resources. He entered the anny and 
served several years, mostly upon the frontier. After his dischar"-e, 
he returned to his native place, and by his own personal efforts (juali- 
fied himself to enter the Newton Theological School. When he left 
that institution, he commenced preaching as a Baptist clergyman in 
Charlestown, Mass. After laboring there about eight years, he went 
to Martha's Vineyard. He subsequently united with the Episcopa- 
lians, and settled at Bristol, 11. I. After a ministry of six or seven 
years, he received a call at Port Huron, Mich., which he accepted, 
and where he still remains. Though in a great degree self-taught, 
he has become quite a proficient in some departments of science and 
literature. He has had eight children, two of whom d. young. 

Rev. William T. Stowe, his oldest son, was b. Aug. 30, 1841. 
He qualified himself by his own efforts to enter the law school at 
Albany, from which he graduated, and was admitted to tiie bar in 
that city in i860. Having a desire to enter the ministry, he turned 
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preaching under the auspices of the Universalists. In 1862, he was 
settled in Brattleboro', Vt., where he remained till he came to Lex. 
in 1864. Since that time be has preached for the United Societies in 
the East Village. He m. June 7, 1861, Maria Hartness, dau. of 
John Hartness of Albany. 

William H., b. in Brat. March 28, 1862. 
Mary Blasdel, b. in Lex. June 11, 1865. 
John, b. in Lex. July 25, 1867. 



SUMNER. — William Sujiner, son of Roger of England, came 
to this country about 1635, with his wife Mary, by whom he had a 
family in Dorchester. William, one of his sons, m. Elizabeth Cle- 
ment, and had among other children, Clement, b, Sept. 6, 1671, who 
m. May 18, 1698, Margaret Harris, and had Benjamin, b. May 28, 

1711, who m. Mercy . He d. July 21, 1795. His wife d. Feb. 

22, 1768. James, a son of Benjamin and Mercy, was b. 1740, and 

d. 1814. He m. first, Alice Waldron, second, Byles, and 

third, Hannah Ridgeway. By his wife Alice he had James, b. 1763, 
who m. Elizabeth Foster of Beverly, and d. Oct. 23, 1814. James 
and Elizabeth had a son, James, b. May 4, 1788, and d. April, 1849. 
He m. Sarah Badger of Boston. They had six children b. in Bos- 
ton, where their ancestors for several generations had resided, viz., 
James D., b. 1816 ; Elizabeth, b. March, 1818, m. Charles Southack; 
Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1820, m. May 9, 1839, Charles Brown of 
Lex. ; Mary B., b. 1822, m. John Tilton ; Catharine, b. — , d. young. 

James Dudley Sumner, the eldest child of James, was b. May 
14, 1816, and m. Feb. 13, 1840, Sarah Maria Johnson, b. April 22, 
1816. They r. in Lex. and have had Maria Carlton, b. Dec. 17, 
1842, d. April 13, 1856, and James Frank, b. Aug. 18, 1857. 



THORNING.— In December, 1781, Thomas Cutler, in conformity 
to the law then existing, gave notice to the selectmen, that he had 
taken into his house to reside John TJiorning and wife, and their 
dau. Sarah, with Eunice Philips, also William Thorning ; and that 
they came from Lincoln. John Thorning by his wife Betsey had, 
in addition to Sarah, Frederick A., b. Dec. 27, 1790. William 
Thorning, who came to Lex. with John, m. June 18, 1782, Eunice 
Phillips, who came to Lex. with John, and had a large family. They 
resided on Wood street, in the house now occupied by Mr. Medill. 
He d. March 23, 1829, aged 72; she d. Feb. 10, 1849, aged 93. 
His children were William, b. March 21, 1783; Abigail, b. April 
26, 1784 ; John, b. June 29, 1785 ; Eunice, b. Jan. 28, 1787 ; Sally, 
b. Dec. 29, 1788, d. Aug. 27, 1846, aged 57, unm. ; Polly, b. Nov. 2, 
1790, m. Sept. 10, 1823, Leonard Wood of Wo. ; Dorcas, b. June 
14, 1792, m. Aug. 25, 1821, William Child of Groton ; Isaac, b. 
June 7, 1794 ; Cyrus, b. June 18, 1796 ; Leonard, b. Aug. 8, 1799, 
m. May 17, 1827, Almira Whitney. 



THE TIDD FAMILY. 

There is some obscurity in the early history of the Tidds in 
this country. 

John Tidd, the original ancestor of the family, it is probable, 
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Woburn in 1640, and d. Aug. 3, 1643. His name was spelled 
Tead, and sometimes Teed, which was the common spelling in the 
early Lexington records. Most if not all his children were born 
abroad. His Will, dated Jan. 4, 1642, and proved Sept. 5, 1643, 
mentions sons John and Joseph, and dau. Mary, who probably m. 
Francis Kendall, and three grand-children, the youngest children 
of Ebenezer, deceased. His son John came to Lex,, and is the 
ancestor of the Tidds of this town. 

John Tidd, b. 1625, and m. in Wo. April 14, 1650, Rebecca 
Wood of that town. She d. Jan. 10, 1717, aged 92. He moved to 
Camb. Farms, 1686, and settled upon the farm where Mr. Charles 
Tidd now resides. He appears to have been somewhat extensively 
engaged in dealing in real estate. He became one of the proprietors 
of Camb., for in the division of the land in 1683 above the "eight 
mile line," John Tidd received his distributive share. He also pur- 
chased lands of David Mackgeney, William Carly, David Fiske, and 
others. The homestead appears to have been bought of David 
Fiske, and conveyed by deed dated June 1, 1686. It was a lot of 
forty acres. Here the first house for the Tidds was probably erected, 
and the property remains in the hands of the lineal descendants at the 
present day, — a period of more than one hundred and eighty years. 

On our earliest records, viz., a subscription for building a meet- 
ing house, in 1692, we find the name of John Tidd, or Teed, as the 
name was frequently spelt, and also the names of his sons Joseph 
and Samuel ; and on the tax bill for 1693, we find the names of John 
and his sons Joseph, Samuel, and Daniel. The same year John 
Tidd was chosen one of the assessors, and one of a committee to 
purchase of the town of Cambridge a tract of land for the support of 
the ministry. He d. April 12, 1703, aged 78. His Will, dated Aug. 
7, 1701, and proved May 31, 1703, gives a general view of his 
descendants. He gives a considerable portion of his property to his 
son John, with a provision that he shall pay a certain sum to Daniel 
and Mary Tidd, the children of his son Daniel, deceased. He gives 
twenty shillings to each of his four oldest grand-sons (not including 
Daniel mentioned above), viz., Joseph Smith, John Tidd, Thomas 
Blodgett, and Joseph Simonds. He also makes a bequest to his four 
oldest grand-daughters, viz., Elizabeth Tidd, Rebecca Simonds, 
Hannah Smith, and Rebecca Blodgett. His children were all born 
in Woburn. 

Hannah, b. Sept 21, 1652; ra. Dec. 1, 1674, Joseph Smith of Wat. 

John, b. Feb. 26, 1654; m. about 1678, Elizabeth , by whom he 

had between 1679 and 1691 five children, Elizabeth, John, Joseph, 
Rebecca, and Mary. None of them probably ever came to Lex. 
to reside. 

Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1656; m. Joshua Simonds of Lexington. 

Samuel, b. June 16, 1659 ; d. May 9, 1699, unm. His heirs signed 
an agreement about his property, by which it appears that his 
brothers, John and Joseph, and his sisters, Hannah Smith, Mary 
Simonds, and Rebecca Blodgett, were living at his decease ; that 
his brother Daniel died before him, leaving two children, Daniel 
and Mary, and their mother, Lydia. Samuel Tidd was in the ill- 
fated expedition to Canada, in 1690. 

\Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 1660; d. Dec. 26, 1730. 

\Daniel, b. about 1662; d. Nov. 29, 1696. 

Rebecca, b. about 1665; m. Nov. 11, 1685, Thomas Blodgett of Wo. 
They subsequently removed to Lex. and were the ancestors of 
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Their child d. Jan. 23, 1696. He m. second, Mary , who d. Jan. 

9, 1718, aged 32. By her he had at least six children ; of the birth of 

some of them we find no record. He m. third, Mary . He d. 

Dec. 26, 1730, and she d. Jan. 4, 1731. Tradition says they both d. 
of the small pox. He was a man of handsome property for that day. 
His son Joseph administered upon his estate, which was inventoried 
at £967, 10s. (id, his real estate being £809 of that sum. He was 
constable in 1699, was appointed on several important committees, 
and was one of the selectmen in 1714. 



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^Joseph, bap. May, 1707 ; d. Sept. 2, 1772. 

Samuel, b. May 29, 1709; settled in Western (now Warren). 

Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1711 ; m. John Bridge, and d. March 14, 1754. 

Betty, h. May 29, 1714; m. Gershom Flagg of Woburn. 

Mary, b. ; m. David Cutler of Lex. 



Daniel Tidd m. Dec. 4, 1694, Lydia Carter of Camb. He was 
residing in Lex., and was upon the tax bill in 1694, '95, '96, but d. 
on the 29th of Feb. of the last year, leaving a widow, who d. Aug. 
15, 1727, aged 55. 

^Daniel, b. about 1695; m. Hepzibah Reed. 
Mary, b. about 1697. 



Joseph Tidd m. July 31, 1731, Dorothy Stickney. He d. Sept. 
2, 1772, aged 66, and she d. 1790, aged 78. They were ad. to 
the ch. in Lex. Aug. 1, 1756. He resided upon the old home- 
stead. He was a large owner of real estate, having lands not only 
in Lex. but in New Braintree, Woburn, Templeton, and Phillipston. 
His Will, dated Oct. 4, 1770, and proved Dec. 15, 1772, mentions 
wife Dorothy, sons Benjamin, John, Joseph, and Ebenezer, and 
dau. Mary Jennison and Sarah Joslin. He made Benjamin and 
John executors of his AVill, and gave them the greater part of his 
property, — they to pay out certain legacies and provide for their 
mother. The provisions of his Will in relation to the support of his 
wid. cast some light upon the manners, customs, and mode of living 
at that day, and hence we will give a few items. After mentioning 
a certain portion of the house which she should occupy, it is provided 
that John and Benjamin shall furnish her annually six cords of wood, 
cut fit for the fire, at the J'ro7it door of the house, two barrels of cider, 
one bushel of malt, six bushels of Indian meal or corn, six bushels of 
rye, one hundred pounds of pork, seventy pounds of beef, four pounds 
of good wool, ten pounds of Hax, &c. He was selectman, 1761, 
'66, '67. 

Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1732; m. Feb. 12, 1756, Josiah Jennison of Lex. 

Joseph, b. May 11, 1734; m. Dec. 7, 1762, Sarah Munroe, dau. of 
William and Sarah (Mason) Munroe. He moved to New Brain- 
tree, where he was a lieutenant, when that title implied more than 
it does at present. 

Ebenezer, b. Aug. 16, 1737 ; he moved to New Braintree in 1768, 
where he resided. Among his children was Ebenezer, who was a 
prominent man in his day. He was a captain of a company of 
cavalry, served many years as selectman, and filled other town 
offices. His son, Ilollis Tidd (grand-son of P^benezer of Lex.), 
has for many years been a leading citizen in that small but very 
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scliool committee more than thirty years, as one of the selectmen 
and as one of the assessors some fifteen or sixteen years each, 
represented the town in the lef^ishiture two years, and has for 
many years hehl the office of justice of the peace. 

Sarah, h. March 8, 1739 ; m. Nov. 23, 1763, Samuel Joslin of New 
Brain tree. 

\Bevjamin, b. June 21, 1742 ; m. Joanna Fitch of Bedford. 

\John, b. Oct. 26, 1749 ; ra. Elizabeth Reed. 



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Daniel Tidd m. April 19, 1742, Hepzibah Reed, dau. of Capt. 
William and Abigail (Kendall) Reed. He d. Jan. 16, 1776, aged 
81 ; she d. April 11, 1777, aged 72. He was on the board of select- 
men nine years, on the board of assessors ten years, and town clerk 
nine years. 

A son, b. Jan.' 22; d. Jan. 24, 1725. 

Daniel, b. Feb. 26, 1726; d. Jan. 31, 1759. 

\Amos, b. Jan. 12, 1729; m. Elizabeth Smith. 

Hepzihah, b. Aug. 22, 1730; d. April 11, 1777. 

Lijdia, b. July 6, 1732 ; m. Feb. 16, 1775, Samuel Hastings. 

John, b. Sept. 13, 1734; d. Nov. 27, 1743. 

]]VUliam, b. July 11, 1736; m. Jan. 9, 1766, Ruth Munroe. 

Abigail, b. Jan. 12, 1738; m. Dec. 4, 1760, Amos Marrett of Camb. 

^Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1741; m. Feb. 28, 1771, Rebecca Simonds. 

Betty, b. Oct. 24, 1742; m. July 15, 1766, Uriah Cotting of Walt. 



Benjamin Tidd m. Jan. 6, 1774, Joanna Fitch. They were ad. 
to the ch. Oct. 13, 1776, and were dismissed to the ch. at New Brain- 
tree, Oct. 24, 1790, to which place they had removed, and where 
land was left him by his father's Will. Several of his family had 
already located themselves in that town, where their descendants are 
at the present day. Benjamin Tidd remained in Lexington till after 
the close of the Revolutionary struggle, and like most of the citizens 
of the town, was enrolled in that patriotic bind commanded by Par- 
ker. He was on the Common on the 19th of April, and marched to 
Cambridge on the memorable 17th of June, 1775 ; and served at 
Dorchester the year following. He was one of the committee of 
correspondence in 1780. The three children mentioned below were 
baptized in Lex. They probably removed with their parents to New 
Braintree, where other children may have been added to the family. 



Benjamin, bap. Nov. 10, 1776. 
Lydia, bap. Sept. 16, 1781. 



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John Tidd m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Reed of 
Wo. She d. Sept. 18, 1799, and he m. 1802, Susannah Tidd of 
Rindge, N. H. She d. Sept. 12, 1824, aged 68. He d. March 29, 
1812, aged 63. John and Elizabeth Tidd were ad. to the ch. May 
29, 1791, when three of their children were baptized. John Tidd 
was a member of Capt. Parker's company, and was upon the Com- 
mon at the opening scene of the American Revolution. He was 
among the last to leave the ground, and was pursued by a British 
officer on horseback and struck down by a sword ; and while he was 
senseless upon the ground, the British robbed him of his arms, and 
left him for dead. 

\John, b. March 2, 1779 ; m. Esther Hayward of Acton. 
Joseph, b. May 9, 1783; d. Nov. 13, 1798. 

Jacob, b. March 14, 1785 ; settled in Boston as a merchant, and d. 
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Amos Tidd m. Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Hezekiah and Elizabeth 
(Wellington) Smith, who was b. July 9, 1728. They were m. 1750. 



Amos, bap. Dec, 1, 1751. 
Nathan, bap. Aug. 1, 1755. 
Daniel, bap. Feb. 10, 1760. 
Thaddeus, bap. O 30, 1768. 



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43 Oliver, bap. March 28, 1758. 
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William Tidd ui. Jan. 9, 1766, Ruth Munroe, dau. oi" Robert 
and Anna Munroe. They were ad. to the ch. Dec. 28, 1766. He 
was a lieutenant under Capt. Parker, in the company which dared 
to stand on their own parade ground in the face of ten times their 
number of British regulars, though commanded to throw down their 
arms and disperse. In affidavit taken in 1824, after describing the 
fire of the British on that morning, he says, *'I then retreated up 
the north road, (Hancock street,) and was pursued by an officer on 
horseback (supposed to be Maj. Pitcairn) calling out to me, 'Damn 
you, stop or you are a dead man.' I found I could not escape him, 
unless I left the road. I therefore sprang over a pair of bars, and 
made a stand, and discharged my gun at him ; upon which he imme- 
diately returned to the main body, which shortly after took up their 
march for Concord." 

Lieut. Tidd was also one of a detachment of Parker's company 
which marched to Cambridge on the 17th of June, at the time of the 
battle of Bunker Hill, where they remained two days, when they 
were dismissed. But his public service was not confined to the 
military alone. He filled various civil offices in town, being an 
assessor in 1776, '79, '80, '91, and one of the selectmen at the time 
of the Revolution, when great responsibility rested upon that board. 
He d. Oct. 25, 1826, aged 91. Ruth, his wife, d. May 14, 1839, at 
the advanced age of 97. 



Eiith, bap. Jan. 11, 1767; m. Oct. 4, 1785, Nathan Chandler, 
was an only child, and d. Sept. 15, 1846, aged 80. 



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Samuel Tidd m* Feb. 28, 1771, Rebecca Simonds of Bedford. 
Like his brother William he took part in the events of the 19th of 
April and the 17th of June, 1775. They were ad. to the ch. Sept. 
29, 1771. In 1805, they were dismissed to the ch. of Bedford. He 
afterwards returned to Lexington. He was one of the committee 
of safety and correspondence in 1781. 

Bethj, bap. Jan. 5, 1772; m. 1821, Noah Stearna. 
Rebecca, bap. Feb. 2, 1777. 



John Tidd m. Esther Hayward of Acton. They were ad. to the 
ch. May 6, 1810, when two of their children were baptized. He d. 
Jan. 9, 1842, and she d. April 24, 1852. 

Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1800; d. Aug. 26, 1801. 

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; m. George P. Elliot of Lowell, by 

whom she had three children. George Henry, one of them, was 

graduated at West Point, entered the service of the United States 

as a lieutenant. She d. Jan. 19, 1835. 
\Charles, h. Jan. 6, 1807. He has been twice married. 
Mary H., b. July 22, 1812; m. Daniel T. Watson, and moved to 

Franklin, N. H. She d. Aug. 30, 1864, at Miller's Farm, Penn. 

Charles Tidd m. June 7, 1830, Rebecca M. Nurse of Water- 
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Rebecca W. B. Trask, widow of Rev. William G. Trask of Taunton, 
and dau. of Col. Daniel Brooks of Lincoln. Mr. Tidd was town 
clerk from 1832 to 1838. He has taken an active part in the cause 
of education, has served many years on the school committee, and 
has been engaged as a teacher of youth more than thirty years, the 
last twenty-five of which were in Lexington. He resides upon the 
old homestead, in a house a part of which must have stood at least 
one hundred and seventy-five years, and was erected, not by his 
o-reat-grandfather, as stated by mistake in page -io'd, but by the 
grandfather of his great-grandfather. 

Charles Eustls, b. March 24, 1831 ; d. Aug, 25, 1833. 

Jacob Henri/, b. March 20, 1833; d. Jan. 30, 1851, in California. 

Charles Lowell, b. Feb. 12, 1838; m. March 28, 1866, Ellen A. 
Gooking of Portsmouth, N. H. He served nine months as a vol- 
unteer in the late war. 

Esther Mary, b. April 26, 1841. 



TOWER.— This name ayjpears early in New England. John 
Tower was in Hingham in 1637, and came from Hingham, Eng. He 
m. Margaret Ibrook, and had at least three sons. He was engaged 
in settling Lancaster, and some of his descendants may have located 
in that town. At any rate we find the Towers somewhat numerous 
in the western portion of Middlesex county, and in the northern por- 
tion of Worcester. 

William A. Tower, son of Oren and Harriet Tower, was b. in 
Petersham, Feb. 26, 1825, and m. April 29, 1847, Julia Davis, dau. 
of Austin and Sally Davis of Lancaster. He came to Lex. in Oct. 
1855. He is engaged in business in Boston. He represented the 
Lexington District in the General Court in 1863. They have four 
children, Ellen M., h. in Lancaster, Feb. 28, 1848; Charlotte (?., b. 
in Camb. Feb. 12, 1851 ; Augustus C, b. in Camb. July 3, 1853 ; 
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THE TRASK FAMILY. 

About 1715, a family by the name of Trask came to Lex. and 
located themselves on the northwesterly side of the meadow, beyond 
Captain Reed's, near the line of Bedford. The place from whence 
thev came is not certainly known ; but as the first of that name 
settled in Salem and Beverly, it is presumed that the family in Lex- 
ington are of the same stock. 

Nathaxiel Tkask and his wife, Anna, had a dau. here as early 
as 1716; and he was chosen a highway surveyor in 1720. He was 
also one of the assessors in 1726, '39, and '40. He was a man of 
considerable property, standing on the tax bill for 1729 the tenth in 
point of amount. He d. Aug. 4, 1753, aged 59, and hence must 
have come to Lex. when he was a young man. She was living m 
Lex. and was taxed in 1779. His property at his death was inven- 
toried at £7,596. He had two hundred acres of land, and was a pro- 
prietor in Narraganset Township No. 6, now Templeton. From 
the imperfect record of the family we glean the following. 

Anna, b. May 20, 1716 ; m. Joseph Hill of Billerlca. 
\John, b. Feb. 8, 1717 ; was of Wo. in 1754. 
i/ar?/,b. Nov. 19, 1719. . 

'{Nathaniel, b. March 18, 1723; d. at Epping, N. H., 1789. 
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L;/(lia, b. Nov. 27, 1730; m. Nov, 6, 1700, William Morris of 

Brentwood. 
ffaiiiiah, I). March 28, 17."3 ; m. Samuel Stearns of Billerica. 
\Jonulhan, h. Dec. 12, 1735; d. April 10, 17G8, aged 33. 

JoMX Trask m. Mary Green, b. Jan. 6, 1723. • She was from 
Conn., and was sister to Henr- Jlarrinjjton's second wife. He lived 
at one time in Wo., and d. Nov. 20, 1786, aged 69. 

Manj, h. Nov. 7, 1742. 

Imac, b. Jan. 3, 1744 ; ni. April 6, 1767, Elizabeth Humble. He was 

a soldier in the French War. 
John, b. Feb. 28, 1746. 13 Sarah, b. April 3, 1748. 

^Joseph, b. June 28, 1751 ; m. Eunice Tufts. 
\Naihaniel, b. about 1753; m. Nancy Reed. 
\Elijah, b. about 1755 ; m. Sept. 8, 1793, Sally Benney. 
Lucy, b. about 1758; m. May 20, 1786, Daniel Bemis of Boston, to 

which place they moved. 



Nathaniel Thask was grad. H. C. 1742, studied theology, and 
was settled at Keesboro', now Epping, N. H., 1747. He was dis- 
missed from the Lex. ch. to Keesboro' ; and to show their respect for 
him, Capt. William Reed, Capt. Benjamin Reed, and Mr. Jonatiian 
Lawrence, three of his old neighbors, were sent as delegates to his 
ordination. He d. 1789, aged ^j'i. 



Jonathan Thask m. Cliloe . He d. April 10, 1768, aged 

33, and she m. April 16, 1781, Robert Harrington. She was ad. to 
the ch. 1775, when the two children mentioned below were baptized. 

Lydia, b. 1767. 

^Jonathan, b. 1768; m. Ruth Wood of Woburn. 

Joseph Trask m. March 26, 1776, Eunice Tufts of Med. He 
resided at first in Lex., but afterwards moved to Billerica, where he 
died. They had Nathan, Katharine, Eunice Tufts, Joseph, and per- 
haps other children. Joseph went South, where he died. 



Nathaniel Trask m. Nov. 14, 1780, Nancy Reed, dau. of 
Swethern Reed of Bur. He resided first in Lex., then in Charles- 
town, where he d. He had Nathaniel, Nancy, and Lydia. Na- 
thaniel had the misfortune to lose one of his hands in a mill. She d. 
July 20, 1789. 



Elijah Trask m. Sept. 8, 1793, Sally Benney. They moved to 
Boston, where he died at an advanced age. 



Jonathan Trask m. Sept. 8, 1790, Ruth Wood of Wo. The 
records furnish no information concerning their family. Tradition 
furnishes a few facts. They had children as follows: Jonatiian; 
Charles, went to Cliarlestown ; Chloe, ra. David Fiske ; Ruth, d. 
unm. ; Josiah, r. in Philadelphia. The records and the Trask family 
seemed to fade out together in Lexington. 



TUCKER.— Joseph Tucker of Milton m. Mary Dana of Pom- 
fret, Conn. Joseph, son of Joseph and INIary, b. about 1758, m. 
Sarah Hill of Stoughton. He d. 1819, aged 61 ; she d. May, 1828, 
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b. 1786, m. Oct. 13, 1808, Eliza Kent of Concord. "NT. II. She w.as 
b. April 15, 1790. He d. Dee. 15. 18:57. aj^ed 51 ; she d. Man!. II, 
18-18, aged 58. They r. in New Ilainpsiiire, and had nine ehildren. 

Charles K. Tucker, b. in Con. IMay 11. 1811. m. Nov. 27. 
1836, Nancy S Poor of Wolfboro'. N. II , b. March 24. 1814. He 
settled in Charlestown, Mass , where he remained till 1842, when he 
removed to Lexington. He was captain of the artillery co in Charles- 
town. He has served in Le,\. on the board of overseers of the poor, 
and represented the district in the Legislature in 1858. They have 
children. 



THE TUFTS FAMILY. 

Though the Tuftses came into Lex. late, we are able to trace them 
to the original emigrant. Peter Tuins was born in England, 1617. 
He came to this country about 1638. and settled in Maiden, lie was 
the ancestor of a numerous family of that name settled in Maiden, 
Medford, and other towns. He was a larj:e landhoUh r in several 
towns in the vicinity. He had among other sons, John. b. I(i57. who 
m. Mary Putnam Their son Peter, b. 1()96, m. Lydia Biickman, 
and settled in Milk Row, Charlestown. His son Peter, b. April 24, 
1728, m. April 19, 1750, Anne Adams. They had a family of tea 
ehildren, among whom was the first of the name who came to Lex. 

Thomas Tufts, b. May 18, 1766, m. Nov. 29, 1791, Rebecca 
Adams of Lincoln, b. Feb. 28, 17(i7. He d. June 10, 1830. aged 64. 
She d Feb. 20, 1858, aged 91. He was selectman, 1799 and 1800. 

Thomas, b Dec. 16, 1792. He was drowned in Ky., Oct. 8, 1817. 

Rebecca, b. Aug. 31, 1797; d. Sept. 13, 1-^26. 

Marshall, b. Sept. 26, 1802; was grad. II. C. 1827, studied theology 
with Dr. Holmes of Camb. Owing to mental aberration, he never 
officiated any length of time in his calling. He had great peculi- 
arities of character and conduct. He wrote and published several 
small volumes, one of which was, " The Shores of Vespucci," a 
romance ; he also attempted a traiislation of the Iliad, which, 
though following pretty closely the translation of Pope, bore strong 
marks of the state of his mind, wandering on poetic leet. The 
unfortunate man d. May 17, 1855. 

Eveline, b. Sept. 16, 1804; m. John Rochester of Logan, Hocking 
Co., Ohio, where she resides. 

\Dowen A., b. Jan. 29, 1807. 



BowEN A. Tufts m. Jan. 1, 1831, Sarah Ann Mead, dau. of 
Stephen Mead of Waltham. He lived upon his father's homestead, 
near the junction of Weston street and Concord avenue, lie d. 
May 28, 1867, aged 60. 

Bowen Russell, b. Dec. 20, 1831 ; d. Dec. 29, 1831. 

Sarah Eleanor, b. Nov. 17, 1832; d. April 14, 1850. 

Bowen Russell, b. April 3, 1834; d. March 20, 1836. 

Thomas Edward, b. Oct. 16, 1836; d. Nov. 14, 1852. 

Abby Bright, b. Aug. 4, 1838. 

Martha Emily, b. May 10, 1840; m. June 20, 1866, Selwin Z. 

Bowman. 
Albert Nelson, b. March 17, 1842. 
Ada Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1843; d. Nov. 25, 1843. 
Kale, b. Feb. 10, 1845 ; d. Dec. 9, 1852, 
Alice Ames, b. Feb. 10. 1847. 
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THE TURNER FAMILY. 

Humphrey Turner, the emigrant ancestor of the late Captain 
Turner of Lex., came to this country about 1628, and settled in 
Scituate. He m. Lydia Garner, who was b. in England, where they 
were married. Their son John m. 1645, Mary Brewster. She d. 
and he m. 1649, Ann James. He had nine children. Japhetli, their 
oldest child, b. 1650, m. Hannah Hudson. He d. 1699. They had 
four children. JapTieth, their third child, b. 1682, m. Hannah Hatch, 
and had four children. Japlieth, their first child, m. 1725, Elizabeth 
Morse, and had eight children. Joseph, their fifth child, b. July 23, 
1734, m. Oct. 5, 1756, Mercy French, in Chester, Vt. He is said to 
have held a commission, and died in the French war, 1757. Joshtia, 
their only child, b. Dec. 13, 1757, m. Aug. 22, 1781, Lydia Drury 
of Grafton, Mass. He d. Dec. 21, 1820, and she d. March 25, 1849, 
aged 86. They had a family often children. 

Larkin Turner, the oldest child of Joshua and Lydia, was b. in 
Grafton, Dec. 7, 1781, and m. Sept. 11, 1808, Sally Gould of Read- 
ing, b. March 17, 1791. She d. April 24, 1832, in Charlestown, 
where they resided, and he m. May 23, 1833, Lucy P. Pierce of Lex., 
dau. of Abner and Grace Pierce, b. July 25, 1803. He d. Feb. 2, 
1861, aged 79. Capt. Turner was literally the architect of his own 
fortune. With limited early advantages, he entered upon a sea- 
faring life at the age of sixteen, and passing through all grades, at 
the age of twenty-two he took the command of a vessel fitted out by 
that prince of merchants, William Gray, Esq. During nearly forty 
years he followed the seas, and there were but few parts of the com- 
mercial world to which he had not navigated, with unusual success. 
Though he commenced his career with a very limited education, by 
industry and application he so informed himself, as to be enabled, as 
a merchant and shipmaster, to take a high rank in his calling. By 
his modest and gentlemanly bearing he gained many friends. In 
1831, John Randolph, then minister to Russia, did him the honor to 
make him his confidential agent and friend, — Capt. Turner at that 
time being at the Russian capital. During his voyages he made 
Charlestown the place of his residence, and in 1836 and 1837, he 
represented that town in the legislature. About 1840, he came to 
Lexington, where he spent the remainder of his days. All his chil- 
dren but the last were born in Charlestown. 

Sarah E., b. June 22, 1810; m. Jan. 24, 1832, Isaac W. Smith. 
Thomas L., b. Aug. 17, 1812; m. April 3, 1843, Elizabeth E. 

Whiton ; r. in Boston. 
Lydia JD., b. Feb. 20, 1820; m. Aug. 23, 1838, George I. Browne. 
Helen Oeorgiana, b. July 18, 1826; r. in Charlestown. 
Josephine Maria, b. Sept. 6, 1831 ; d. July 26, 1834. 
Harriet Josephine, b. July 18, 1834 ; m. June 21, 1865, Edward L. 

Nicoll of Wheeling, Va. They have one child, b. Aug. 1867. 
Grace Ardelle, b. July 1, 1838 ; ra. Dec. 8, 1859, H. B. Sampson. 

They have one child, George Walter, b. March 25, 1865. 
Eugene Drury, b. Dec. 30, 1842 ; d. Nov. 4, 1843. 



THE TUTTLE FAMILY. 

John Tuttle came to this country in the ship Planter, in 1635, 
and settled in Ipswich. He was b. in 1596, and hence was thirty- 
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man in 1639, and was representative in 1644. He d. 1656. He had 
fovir children when he came to America. Simon, his oldest son, b. 
1631, m. Sarah Cogswell of Ipswich, and d. 1692. They had a 
family of eleven children. Charles, their second son, b. March 31, 
1679, m. Ann Burnham. Their son, Charles, b. 1708, m. Ann 
Jewett, and had four children. 

Jedediah Tuttle, son of Charles and Ann, wash. Nov. 24, 1753, 
m. Lucia Smith of Leominster, b. Dec. 30, 1755. Her mother was a 
Rogers, said to have been a lineal descendant from John, the martyr. 
He d. Sept. 9, 1833, aged 80 years ; she d. Dec. 17, 1844, aged 
89 years. They settled in Winchendon. He was in the Revolu- 
tionary war ; was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and at the takin"' of 
Burgoyne. 

James, h. Aug. 10, 1780 ; settled in Hopkinton, N". H. 
\David, b. Dec. 2, 1782 ; d. April 10, 1845. 
Jedediah, b. April 18, 1785 ; d. Sept. 15, 1847. 

Frances, b. March 9, 1788 ; m. Dexter. 

Clarissa, b. Nov. 2, 1790; m. Lord. 

Eledus, b. Feb. 8, 1793 ; d. Sept. 1800. 
Silas, b. Nov. 8, 1795 ; d. July, 1798. 
Eli, b. July 5, 1797 ; d. 1797. 
Ainsioorth, b. June 1, 1799; d. Sept. 1800. 
Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1802 ; m. and is living. 



David Tuttle m. Jan. 19, 1806, Esther Munroe, dau. of Eben- 
ezer Munroe of Lex. She d. Oct. 14, 1809, aged 26 ; he m. second, 
Sept. 27, 1810, Abigail, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Taylor) Smith. 
She d. Dec. 15, 1816, aged 32 years, and he m. third. May 21, 1818, 
Patty Smith, sister of his second wife. She d. Feb. 17, 1833, aged 
40, and he m. Jan. 8, 1835, Hannah Viles. He d. April 10, 1845, 
aged 62 years. He came to Lex. in 1804. 

Esther, b. Aug. 3, 1812; m. 1833, Caleb S. Tuttle: settled in 

Alton, 111. 
Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1814; m. Dec. 29, 1835, Jonathan S. Parker. 
David, b. March 28, and d. April 30, 1819. 
\ David Ainsioorth, b. May 28, 1820; m. Susan S. Johnson. 
Oeorge, b. Nov. 30, 1821 ; m. April 5, 1855, Sarah E. Muzzey. He 

d. Jan. 27, 1856. 
Martha, b. Jan. 30, 1824 ; m. Nov. 26, 1846, Charles Hastings of 

East Cambridge. 
Eliza J., b. April 17, 1830; m. Dec. 25, 1851, William Macintosh 

of Lincoln. 
Emily A.,h, June 15, 1832. 



David A. Tuttle m. Dec. 30, 1846, Susan S. Johnson, dau. of 
Thomas Johnson. He has served several years as selectman. They 
have two children. Henry Eugene, b. May 11, 1849; Herbert Ains- 
worth, b. Nov. 14, 1853. 



THE UNDERWOOD FAMILY. 

There is great difBculty in tracing the genealogy of this family, 
both before and after they came to Lexington. They have left a very 
incomplete record, and it seems that they were rather migratory in 
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Thomas Underwood of Hingham was ad. freeman in 1637. He 
represented that town in 1636 and 1638. He afterwards moved to 
Wat., where he was selectman in 1656. His Will, dated Feb. 15, 
1668, and proved April 7, 1668, mentions wife, brother Joseph, and 
several nephews and nieces, and prominentlj' among them Thomas, 
son of his brother Joseph, then living with him. , 

Joseph Underwood, brother of Thomas, flrst settled in Hing- 
ham, but afterwards moved to Wat. and was ad. freeman, 1645. He 
d. prior to 1677. On the files of the court is a paper relating to his 
estate, naming his children, Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, 
Thomas, and Martha. It is pretty evident that they are not named 
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\TJiomas, b. 



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\ Joseph, b. 1650. 

Mary, b. ; m. May 18, 1670, Isaac Ong. ? 



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m. Oct. 14, 1680, John Gibson. 
; m. Sept. 13, 1693, William Bull. 



Thomas Underwood m. Magdalen as her second husband. 

He probably d. soon after his marriage. His Will, dated July 19, 
1679, and proved Oct. 5, 1680, mentions but one child. 



f Thomas, b. 



m. Nov. 19, 1679, Mary Palmer. 



Joseph Underwood m. Elizabeth . He was ad. freeman 

1690, and d. the year following. His Will, dated Feb. 16, 1691, 
and proved April 7, 1691, mentions wife Elizabeth, sons John, Jo- 
seph, Jonathan, and Joshua, and dau. Mary, Hannah, and Elizabeth. 

John, b. March 6, 1677; m. Nov. 19, 1701, Rebecca Shattuck. 

About 1714 he moved to Charlestown. 
Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1679. 

\Joseph, b. May 28, 1681 ; settled in Lexington. 
Joshua, b. Jan. 31, 1683; settled in Sherborn. 
Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1687. 16 Hannah, bap. April 13, 1690. 



Thomas Underwood m. Nov. 19, 1679, Mary Palmer. 
June 17, 1691. Probably lived in Cambridge. 



He d. 



Thomas, b. Oct. 20, 1680. 18 Mary, b. June 5, 1682. 

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1684 ; m. March 25, 1709, Jonathan Hewes 

of Cambridge. 
\Jonathan, b. Aug. 18, 1686 ; m. Nov. 17, 1709, Ruth Holland. 
Abigail, b. March 26, 1688. 
Martha, b. June 20, 1689. 23 Thomas, b. June 3, 1691. 



Joseph Underwood. We find no record of his marriage. He 
was in Lex. 1719, when he was chosen to a subordinate town ofiice. 
He o. c. in 1723, when Joseph, probably their first child, was bap- 
tized. His name is borne upon the first town tax bill extant, 1729. 
He was taxed in Lex. 1745, and in 1748 and '49 as a non-resident. 
He probably left town between those periods. 

jJoseph, bap. March 3, 1723. He was twice married. 
\J(>shua, bap. June 6, 17-'5; m. Abigail btone. 
Elijah, bap. May 6, 1728. 



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Peter, hap. May 25, 1729. 28 Ruth, bap. April 4, 1731. 

Israel, bap. June 23, 1734; was in the French War, 1758 and '59. 
Moses, bap. Aug. 17, 1735. 31 Susanna, bap. Sept. 2, 1739. 



Jonathan Underwood m. Nov. 17, 1709, Ruth Holland, and 
settled in Lexington. They made their peace with the ch. Sept. 2, 
1711, and Ruth, probably their first child, was bap. soon after. 

Rrith, bap. Sept. 23, 1711 ; she united with the ch. Oct. 4, 1728. 

Thomas, bap. Feb. 10, 1712; d. Feb. 16, 1743. 

Sarah, bap. May 23, 1714. 35 Jonathan, bap. Jan. 27, 1717. 



Joseph Underwood m. Feb. 26, 1744, Anna Baker of Waltham. 
She d. May 30, 1749, and he m. June 4, 1750, Eunice Smith, dau. 
of Daniel and Mary Smith. He d. April 25, 1760. She was ad. to 
the ch. July 6, 1760. 

Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1744. 

jJoseph, b. April 30, 1749 ; m. March 21, 1771, Mary Munroe. 

Eunice, h. Dec. 10, 1751. 

\Nathan, b. Aug. 3, 1753 ; grad. H. C. 1788. 

Bettic, b. Aug. 16, 1755. 41 Anna, b. May 22, 1757. 

Sarah, b. March 25, 1759. 



Joshua Underwood m. June 6, 1765, Abigail Stone. 
Daniel, bap. April 24, 1774 ; m. Aug. 1, 1798, Mary Mason. 



Joseph Underwood m. March 21, 1771, Mary Munroe, dau. of 
Marrett and Deliverance (Parker) Munroe. They were ad. to the 
ch. March 22, 1772. He d. Feb. 27, 1829, aged 80 ; she d. July 
10, 1802. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company, and 
marched with a detachment to Cambridge, May 10, and also June 
17, 1775. 

\Joseph, bap. July 5, 1772 ; m. March 2, 1800, Eusebia Harrington. 

31ary, bap. Feb. 27, 1774. 

Anna, bap. April 7, 1776 ; d. young. 

Polly, bap. Dec. 7, 1777 ; m. March 26, 1798, James Smith. 

\John, bap. March 26, 1780; m. Sarah . 

Nathan, bap. April 14, 1782 ; d. unm. 

Anna, bap. July 25, 1784. 51 Betsey, bap. Sept. 30, 1787. 

Dorcas, bap. April 15, 1790. 



Nathan Underwood grad. H. C. 1788, studied divinity, and 
was ordained at Harwich, Nov. 21, 1792. He m. Sept. 26, 1793, 
Susanna Lawrence of Waltham. He d. 1841. 



Joseph Underwood m. March 2, 1800, Eusebia Harrington, dau. 
of Daniel and Anna (Munroe) Harrington. No issue. He d. Sept. 
6, 1845, aged 73 ; she d. Dec. 22, 1859, aged 82. He was select- 
man, 1809. 



John Underwood m. Sarah Smith, dau. of Thomas and Sarah 
(Taylor) Smith, b. Oct. 17, 1783. They were ad. to the ch. July 
5, 1812. He d. Aug. 8, 1855, aged 76; she d. Jan. 25, 1848, 
aged 64. 



Mary, b. 

Abigail, b. — 
Cambridge. 



d. 1814. 



Napoleon, b. 



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Mary, bap. May 21, 1815. 

Sarah, bap. Sept. 4, 1817 ; d. young. 

Joseph, bap. Jan. 24, 1819. 

Sarah, bap. July 9, 1820 ; in. Feb. 9, 1843, John A. Tufts of Carab. 

Nathan, bap. Aug. 17, 1823. 

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THE VILES FAMILY. 

The Vileses have never been very numerous in Lexington, nor 
were they among the earliest families. They originated in Waltham, 
then a part of Watertown, where they were as early as 1729, and 
perhaps earlier. 

John Viles m. July 2, 1731, Susanna Bemis. He d. Feb. 4, 
1774 ; she d. Nov. 28, 1785. They were both quite advanced in 
age. They had a family of thirteen children. 

Abigail, b. Oct. 26, 1731 ; m. Dec. 1752, Jonas Barnard of Wat. 
John, b. March 16, 1733 ; d. young. 

Susan, b. Nov. 17, 1734 ; m. Call. 

Dinah, b. June 10, 1738; m. April 9, 1761, John Watson. 

^Nathan, b. Dec. 30, 1739; m. Oct. 14, 1784, Mrs. Sarah Hagar. 

Kezia, b. Dec. 10, 1741; m. Jan. 16, 1770, John Watson of Read. 

\Joel, h. Dec. 14, 1743 ; m. June 27, 1775, Mary Bowman. 

Jonas, b. July 3, 1746 ; he was twice married. 

Sarah, b. July 3, 1748; m. Jan. 24, 1768, Jonathan Dix. 

John, b. June' 12, 1750; m. Nov. 1, 1775, Hannah Warren. She d. 

April 5, 1784, aged 30, and he m. Aug. 26, 1784, Mary Warren 

of Weston, where he resided. 
David, b. Nov. 7, 1752; d. Nov. 11, 1754. 
Lydia, b. May 18, 1755 ; m. Jan. 25, 1775, David Wilson. 
Lizza, b. Feb. 27, 1757 ; m. May 22, 1777, Moses Mead. 



Nathan Viles m. Oct. 14, 1784, Mrs. Sarah Hagar. She d. 
May 12, 1787, aged 33 years. They had one child, Nathan, b. Aug. 
14, 1786, who d. Nov. 26, of the same year. He d. March 6, 1788, 
aged 49. His wife and child dying before him, he gave his property 
to his brothers and sisters, all of whom are mentioned in bis Will, 
but Jonas and David, who had previously deceased. 



Joel Viles m. June 27, 1775, Mary Bowman, dau. of William 
and Mary (Reed) Bowman. The precise time he came to Lex. we 
are not able to fix, but as he was chosen one of the hog-reeves in 
1771, he must have been an inhabitant of the town at that time. He 
was a corporal in Capt. Parker's co. 1775. Was in the detachment 
which marched to Camb. May 10 and June 17 of that year. He was 
also in the service two months in 1776. 

Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1775 ; m. Joseph Simonds, and d. March 5, 

1867, aged 92. 
Susanna, b. May 11, 1777; m. Jonas Cobum of Weston. 
William, b. Feb. 6, 1779 ; d. unm. 

Bowman, b. Dec. 7, 1780 ; moved to Lynnfield, where he died. 
\John, b. Aug. 11, 1782; m. Jan. 12, 1806, Sally Dudley. 
\Elias, b. Sept. 17, 1784 ; m. Betsey Fessenden. 
Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1786 ; m. Amos Teel ; she is living in Chariest. 



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Nathan, h. Aug. 24, 1789 ; m. Nancy Reed ; lives in Boston. 
Lucij, b. Sept. 11, 1791 ; m. March 18, 1820, John Nelson of Line. 
\Jod, b. Oct. 21, 1793; m. April 12, 1821, Sally Smith, an adopted 
dau. of Jacob Smith. 



John Viles m. Jan. 12, 1806, Sally Dudley, dau. of Nathan and 
Sarah (Munroe) Dudley. He d. Sept. 28, 1858, aged 74. 

Franklin, b. July 25, 1807 ; d. June 23, 1836, unm. 

Sarah A., b. March 17, 1810; m. Sept. 3, 1834, Charles A. Butters, 

son of Joshua and Susan Butters, b. Aug. 7, 1809. Thev have 

Frank, b. April 8, 1837 ; S. Louisa, b. July 3, 1839 ; Ella F., b. 

Sept. 15, 1844. 
William, b. Dec. 12, 1812 ; unm. 
John, b. Feb. 14, 1819; m. Catharine R. Nelson, an adopted dau. 

of Dr. Nelson of Wo. They resided in Richmond, Va., where 

she died. 
Martha A., b. May 10, 1821 ; m. John D. Tidd of Woburn. 
Rebecca D., b. May 12, 1824. 
Mary B., b. Feb. 17, 1831 ; m. Jan. 1860, B. F. Tenney of Boston. 



Elias Viles m. April 11, 1818, Betsey A. Fessenden, dau. of 
Thomas and Hannah (Prentice) Fessenden. He d. and she m. 1833, 
Jonathan Hartwell of Montague. 

Emeline, b. Feb. 24, 1819 ; m. John Ward of Montague, where 
they reside. 



Joel Viles m. Jan. 12, 1821, Sally Smith, and adopted dau. of 
Jacob Smith. He represented the town in the convention to revise 
the Constitution, in 1853. He has been selectman ten years. 

Elias, b. June 25, 1822; d. April 21, 1849, unmarried. 

Susan P., b. Dec. 17, 1823 ; m. Oct. 7, 1849, Nathan Stiles. He 

ran a locomotive engine ten or twelve years ; r. at Waterville, Me. 
Joel Augustus, b. March 15, 1825; d. Feb. 11, 1850, in California. 
Andrew, b. Oct. 27, 1827 ; d. Sept. 21, 1852. 
Clinton, b. Jan. 13, 1828; r. in Boston. 

Adeline, b. Nov. 25, 1830; ra. Sept. 14, 1856, Oliver C. Robinson. 
Sarah S., b. March 17, 1832; m. Jan. 8, 1853, George A. Stimson, 

and d. Dec. 23, 1853. 
Jacob Smith, b. July 16, 1840; r. in Boston. 



THE WELLINGTON FAMILY. 

The Wellingtons, though they have been quite numerous in Lex- 
ington, were not among the earliest settlers of the place. The name 
first appears on our records in 1705. They removed from Water- 
town to Cambridge Farms ; and as they settled in the southeasterly 
part of Lexington, near the Watertown and Walthamline, and some 
portions of the families were frequently moving across the lines, it 
is somewhat difficult to trace the Lexington families. We give their 
origin and descent as nearas wecan ; and in doing this, it would not 
be strange if in some cases, we should place some individuals on 
the wrong side of the town line. 

Roger Wellington, a planter, b. about 1609 or 10, was one of 
the early proprietors of Watertown. He probably removed to that 
place from Boston, for the Boston records contain the names of his 
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children. Though he was in Watertown as eai-Iy as 1642, he was 
not admitted freeman till 1(590. He m. Mary, eldest dau. of Dr. 
Richard/pf Charlestown. He d. March 11, 1698. He mentions in 
his Will, his sons John, Josepli, Benjamin, Oliver and Palgrave. 

John, b. July 25, 1638 ; admitted freeman Dec. 1677. He was a 

farmer in Camb. ; m. Susanna Straight, and d. Aug. 23, 1726, 

aged 88. He left no children. 
Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1641 ; m. May 21, 1662, Henry Maddock, and 

after his death m. John Cooledge — having one child by each 

husband. 
\Joseph, b. Oct. 9, 1643 ; admitted freeman, 1677. 

]Benjamin, b. ; admitted freeman, 1677. 

Oliver, b. Nov. 23, 1648 ; admitted freeman, 1677 ; m. wid. Anna 

Livermore, and d. Aug. 30, 1727, without issue. 
Palgrave, admitted freeman, 1690 ; m. Sarah Bond, dau. of William 

Bond, Esq., and d. about 1715, without issue. 



Joseph Wellington was twice m. and had three daughters and 
one son. 

\Thomas, b. Nov. 10, 1686 ; m. Rebecca Whittemore. 



Benjamin Wellington m. Dec. 7, 1671, Elizabeth Sweetman of 
Cambridge. He d. Jan. 8, 1710. 

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1673; m. John Fay of Marlboro'. 

\Benjamin, b. June 21, 1676 ; d. in Lex. Nov. 15, 1738. 

John, b. July 26, 1678; d. Nov. 30, 1717. 

Ehenezer, b. ; m. Jan. 28, 1704, Deliverance Bond.. He 

probably settled in Lexington, where his first two children were 
baptized. Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 26, 1705. Ebenezer, bap. March 
13, 1709, and grad. H. C. 1727. He subsequently removed to 
Watertown, where he kept a public house in 1715-17. The birth 
of the rest of his children is found upon the Wat. Records. 

Ruhamah, b. ; m. Nov. 15, 1699, Dea. Joseph Brown, then of 

Wat., but afterwards of Lexington. She d. July 1, 1772, aged 92. 

Mehitabd, bap. March 4, 1688; m. Sept. 13, 1715, William Sherman 
of Newton. She was the mother of the celebrated Roger Sherman 
of Connecticut, of Revolutionary memory. 

Joseph, bap. Jan. 4, 1691. 

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Thomas Wellington m. Rebecca Whittemore, and had five 
children, two sons and three daughters. His sons were — 

\Joseph, b. Nov. 21, 1711. 

Thomas, b. Aug. 6, 1714 ; d. Nov. 4, 1783. 



Benjamin Wellington m. Jan. 16, 1699, Lydia Brown, and 
settled in Lexington, where they were ad. to the ch. June 10, 1705. 
She d. May 13, 1711, and he m. second, Dec. 25, 1712, Elizabeth 
Phelps. She d. Jan. 7, 1730, aged 54, and he m. third, Mary Whit- 
ney. He d. Nov. 19, 1738, aged 63. He was for many years one 
of the most popular men in the town — having been elected assessor, 
sixteen years, town clerk, fifteen years, ti-easurer, three years, and 
representative, three years. 

\Benjamin, b. May 21, 1702 ; d. Nov. 15, 1738. 
Lydia, b. Aug. 24, 1704; d. Aug. 10, 1718. 



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Kezia, b. March 28, 1707. 

John, b. Nov. 12, 1709; d. Sept. 22, 1728. 

Abigail, b. July 14, 1715; m. Feb. 19, 1734, David Munroe. 

\Timothy, b. July 27, 1719; d. previous to 1760. 

Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1732. 26 Oliver, b. April 14, 1735. 

Joseph Wellington m. Nov. 13, 1733, Dorcas Stone. 

Joseph, b. Nov. 13, 1734; d. 1819. 

Rebecca, b. Sept. 4, 1737 ; m. Feb. 10, 1757, Zachariah Hill. 

Dorcas, b. May 31, 1740 ; d. unmarried. 

Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1742; m. July 6, 1761, Phinehas Stearns. 

Hannah, bap. 1745. 

Margaret, b. Au.sf. 22, 1745 ; m. Timothy Page, who was killed at 

the battle of White Plains. 
Palgrave, b. March 12, 1748. He moved to Alstead, N. H. 
Jeduthan, b. Sept. 4, 1750 ; settled on the homestead. 
Elizabeth, h. Nov. 6, 1753. 36 Enoch, b. Sept. 1, 1756. 



Benjamin Wellington ra. first, Lydia . He m. second, 

Abigail Fessenden, b. July 13, 1713, dan. of Thomas and Abigail 
(Poulter) Fessenden. He d. Nov. 15, 1738, and his wid. m. Eben- 
ezer Smith of Lexington. 

Lydia, b. Dec. 22, 1722. 

Roger, b. June 22, 1733 ; m. in Waltham, March 10, 1757, Abigail 

Stearns. They had a son, Oliver, b. in Lexington, Jan. 19, 1758. 

They were admitted to the church in Lex. Dec. 25, 1757, and were 

dismissed in. 1760 to the Second Church in Brookfield. 
John, b. April 18, 1736 ; removed to Townsend, Vt. 
Benjamin, b. Aj)iil 22, 1738; m, Sept. 5, 1763, Lucy Smith. He 

removed to Brooktield, and in 1777 to Ashby. 



Timothy Wellington m. Rebecca Stone who was b. Jan. 22, 
1721, dau. of Jonathan and Chary (Adams) Stone of Lex. He d. 
and his Avid. m. Feb. 14, 1754, John Dix of Waltham. 

\Benjamin, b. Aug. 7, 1743 ; m. Martha Ball. 

Chary, b. July 12, 1745. 

\Timothy, b. April 15, 1747; d. April, 1809. 

Abigail, b. March 14, 1749 ; m. Dec. 29, 1768, Daniel Cotting of 

Waltham. 
Ruhamon, b. Sept. 4, 1751. 



Benjamin Wellington m. Dec. 4, 1766, Martha Ball of Walt. 
He was selectman 1785 and 1792. He d. Sept. 14, 1812, aged 69. 
He was a member of Capt. Parker's company in 1775, and on coming 
to the Common that morning, was taken by the British and disarmed. 
He was detained but a short time, when he was discharged, so that 
he partook of the honors and dangers of that day. He was at the 
taking of Burgoyne in 1777. He was the first prisoner taken in the 
Revolution. 

Mary, b. Sept. 22. 1767 ; m. Dec. 31, 1789, Asa Baldwin Locke. 

Abigail, bap. in Walt. Oct. 1, 1769. 

Benjamin, bap. in Walt. July 13. 1772. 

Oliver, bap. in Walt. Nov. 13, 1774. 

\Benjamin Oliver, b. Aug. 23, 177.S ; d. Nov. 10, 1853, aged 75. 

\Peter, b. May 31, 1781 ; m. 1813, Hepzibah Hastings. 



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Bichard, b. July 14, 1783; d. Dec. 11, 1836, aged 53. 

James, b. Dec. 12, 1785 ; m, Nov. 18, 1820, Susanna Jacobs, b. 

Aug. 7, 1801, dau. of Braddock Jacobs of Lit. 
Patty, twin with James, b. Dec. 12, 1785. 
Isaac, b. Dec. 5, 1787 ; m. Nov. 18, 1824, Mary Wilder Jacobs and 

resided in Medford. 



Timothy Wellington, b. April 15, 1747; d. April, 1809; m. 
May 1, 1776, Hannah W. Abbott, b. Dec. 10, 1758, d. 1785. They 
were both admitted to the ch. in Lex. March 80, 1777. He was a 
member of the patriotic company which shed the first blood of the 
Revolution ; he was subsequently in the service at Camb. some five 
months. 

Rebecca Stone, b. Feb. 5, 1777 ; m. April 22, 1799, John K. Cool- 
edge, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Timothij, b. March 29, 1778; drowned April 8, 1781. 

\Nehemiah, b. Jan. 1, 1780; m. May 16, 1805. Nancy Stearns. 

Timothy, b. Oct. 8, 1781 ; m. first, 1813, Mary E. Law, who d. 
March, 1816, and he m. second, 1820. Lydia Yates. He was grad. 
H. C. 1806, M. D. He settled in West Cambridge, where he d. 
1853. 

Hannah, b. July 4, 1783 ; d. aged 17 or 18 years. 

Joseph Abbott, b. July 14, 1785. 



Benjamin Oliver Wellington m. in Lincoln, May 20, 1811, 
Patty Hastings, b. April 10, 1789, dau. of Major Samuel and Lydia 
(Nelson) Hastings. He was a military man, and rose to the rank 
of major. He was a leading influential citizen, and filled most of the 
important offices in the gift of his townsmen. He was selectman 
several years, and filled other places of honor and trust. He d. Dec. 
10, 1853, aged 7,5. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. May 2, 
1813. He lived and died upon the place which had been in posses- 
sion of the family about one hundred and fifty years. He was the 
first man in the town who established a milk dairy for the supply of 
the Boston market, — which has since become a very important branch 
of husbandry in the town. 

Oliver Hastings, h. Feb. 23, 1812 ; d. March 1, 1813. 

Oliver Hastings, b. Aug. 19, 1813 ; m. Aug. 29, 1838, Charlotte 

Augusta, dau. of William Kent, Esq., of Concord, N. H., and had 

Mary C, William A., Arthur M., Lucy M. D. 
Mary Jane, b. July 5, 1815 ; m. April 17, 1845, James H. Danforth 

of Boston. 
Albert, b. June 1, 1817 ; m. in Boston, where he is a merchant. 
Ambrose, b. April 11, 1819 ; grad. H. C. 1841 ; m. May, 1845, Lucy 

J. Kent. He is a lawyer in Boston. 
Martha, b. April 11, 1821 ; d. Jan. 1863. 
Benjamin, b. March 21, 1823 ; resides in Buffalo. 
Dorcas Ann, b. April 20, 1825 ; m. Dr. Geo. H. Taylor. 
Laura, b. Dec. 26, 1826 ; d. Dec. 30, 1843. 
Winslow, b. May 16, 1829. 
Edward, b. March 3, 1831 ; drowned in Fresh Pond, July 6, 1852, 

while a member of the Lawrence Scientific School, a department 

of Harvard College. 



Peter Wellington m. in Lincoln, May 26, 1813, Hepzlbah 
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O.'s wife. He and his brother not only married sisters, but they 
resided in the same house, and each have had large families. He is 
living, and has nearly closed his eighty-seventh year. 

Henry Wakefield, b. Feb. 25, 1814; m. June 1, 183G, Martha S. 

Small. 
Darius, b. Oct. 9, 1815; m. Dec. 28, 1844, Hannah Duville. 
Isabella, b. May 23, 1817 ; m. April 23, 1845, Herman Snow, and 

d. Aug. 3, 1848. 
Ahbij, b. March 29, 1819 ; m. June 4, 1844, James Blodgett ; d. Oct. 

12, 1845. 
Caroline, b. Dec. 3, 1820. 

Andreio, b. Dec. 23, 1822 ; m. Leah L. Nichols. 
Eliza, b. Dec. 6, 1824. 

Elhridge Gerry, b. July 29, 1826 ; d. Oct. 23, 1849, in California. 
Cornelius, b. May 23, 1828. 
Emily, b. Feb. 24, 1830; d. April 13, 1850. 
Samuel Hastings, b. Aug. 6, 1832 ; d. April 7, 1833. 
Louisa Maria, b. April 20, 1834; m. May 24, 1863, Lucius H. 

Peaslee of Boston. 
Charles Austin, b. Dec. 2, 1837. 



Nehemiah Wellington m. May 16, 1805, Nancy Stearns, dau. 
of Joshua of Waltham. He d. May 11, 1857, aged 77. He was 
selectman 1841, assessor 1840, and representative 1836 and 1838. 



d. Oct. 3, 1822. 

1809; m. June 15, 1835, Samuel 



Anna Eliza, b. March 2, 1806 ; 

\Augustus, b. June 15, 1807. 

Hannah Maria, b. Nov. 17, 
Bridge. 

Timothy W., b. July 4, 1811; m. Nov. 4, 1835, Susanna Ray, who 
d. April 28, 1847, and he m. Sept. 3, 1848, Augusta Fiske, dau. 
of Samuel Fiske. They reside in Worcester. At the breaking 
out of the Rebellion, Mr. Wellington took an active part in sus- 
taining the Government by all the means in his power. Two of his 
oldest sons, Edicard W. and Frank W., enlisted as privates in the 
25th Regt. of Mass. Vols., and after serving through Burnside's 
campaign in North Carolina, Edward was promoted to a lieuten- 
ancy in Col. Lowell's cavalry ; but his health failing, he resigned 
his position. Frank W. was detailed to the commissary depart- 
ment, and was stationed at Newberne, N. C, where he remained 
till his three years expired. George, a younger son of Timothy, at 
the age of seventeen, enlisted in the 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, was 
taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C%, sent to Andersonville, where 
he died, a victim to Rebel barbarity. Charles, a twin brother of 
George, enlisted in the navy, and served fifteen months. 

Mr. Wellington not only sent four sons to the war, but he pro- 
vided, at his own expense, a hospital at Worcester for the sick and 
disabled soldiers, which he supported about five months, and dis- 
pensed favors to fifty or sixty patriotic soldiers. Mr. Wellington 
represented the twenty-seventh Worcester district in the legisla- 
ture of 1864. 

\Stdlivan, b. Nov. 8, 1813; he has been thrice married. 

Jonas Clarke, b. Nov. 30, 1815 ; m. Oct. 17, 1839, Harriet Bos- 
worth, dau. of Nathaniel Bosworth of Attleboro'. He left Lex- 
ington in 1856, and took up his residence in Camb. During the 
late rebellion, he took a deep interest in the welfare of the soldiers, 
often visiting our armies in the field, and in the winter of 1863-4, 
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the want of the soldiers. His oldest son, Austin C, enlisted in 
the 38th Regt., was made sergeant, and detailed as acting adju- 
tant, which position he held till the rebellion closed. He was in 
the Shenandoah Valley under Sheridan, during his brilliant career. 
Jonas Clarke was an assessor in Lex. 1852-54, and town treas- 
urer in 1855. 

Horatio, b. Sept. 6, 1817; m. Dec. 16, 1841, Mary Bowman Teel, 
dau. of Amos Teel of Charlestown, to which place he removed iix 
1850. His eldest son, Arthur, seventeen years of age, enlisted in 
the 13th Regt., was discharged for disability, re-enlisted in the 
36th Regt., was taken prisoner and paroled, and again discharged 
for disability. Mr. W. represented the tirst Middlesex district in 
the legislature of 1864. 

AvisM., b. June 27, 1819; m. Oct. 17, 1850, Emory Abbott Mulliken. 

Joseph A., b. June 12, 1821 ; m. Feb. 10, 1846, Ellen A. Smith, 
dau. of Billings Smith. He moved to Camb. 1854, where he now 
resides. 



Augustus Wellington m. first, March 3, 1835, Tryphena M. 
Winship, dau. of Stephen Winship. She d. Dec. 26, 1841, aged 
34, and he m. second, Sept. 18, 1842, Mrs. Martha Hastings, who d. 
suddenly, April 20, 1852, aged 46. He m. third, Sept. 8, 1852, 
Sarah Bisbee of Boston. 

Henrrj A., b. July 10, 1839 ; m. March 16, 1862, Angeline E. Moore 

of Canaan, Me. 
Tryphena, b. 1841 ; d. Aug. 16, 1846. 
Charles B., b. Sept. 28, 1849; d. Aug. 27, 1850. 
Grace Standish, b. Sept. 30, 1853. 
Herbert Lyman, b. Oct. 9, 1856. 



Sullivan Wellington m. April 12, 1844, Isabella L. Hastings, 
dau. of Charles and Martha Hastings of Waltham. She d. March 
29, 1853, aged 26, and he m. second, March 1, 1855, Antoinette 
Holten, dau. of Jeremiah and Mary Holten of Boothbay, Me. She 
d. May 4, 1859, aged 33, and he m. third, June 20, 1860, Louisa 
Robinson, dau. of Moses and Hannah Robinson of Rockland, Me. 

Ellen J., b. March 11, 1846 ; m. Feb. 23, 1868, R. Russell Simonds. 
Martha Antoinette. ) b. Jan. 25, 1856; d. Feb. 9, 1856. 
Mary Lizzie, \ b. Jan. 25, 1856 ; d. Aug. 30, 1863. 

Clifford Holten, b. April 28, 1859 ; d. Dec. 25, 1859. 
Charles Sumner, b. Sept. 21, 1862. 
Ernest Hathorn, o. Nov. 2, 1864, 



There is another branch of the Wellington family, several of 
whom have settled in Lexington, though their ancestors for some 
generations have been of Waltham or Watertown. 

William Wellington of Waltham, who was b. July 28, 1746, 
and who was son of Thomas Jr., of Waltham, b. Aug. 6, 1714, and 
grandson of Thomas (No. 18 in the preceding table of Wellingtons) 
m. Aug. 18, 1704, Mary Whitney. He had a family of fourteen 
children, many of whom were remarkable for their longevity. Wil- 
liam was a prominent citizen in Waltham ; was selectman seventeen 
years. Many of his children settled in Lexington, or were connected 
with Lexington families. 

\William, b. Dec. 11, 1769, first of Walt., but afterwards of Lex. 
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Abraliavi, b. March 22, 1774; m. Elizabeth Lawrence. 

I'oUu, b. April 16, 177G ; m. Phinehas Lawrence. 

Isaac, b. Feb. 20, 1778 ; drowned in Fresh Pond, Nov. 1798, then a 

member of the senior class, H. C. , , , 

Charles, b. J^eb. 20, 1780; grad. H. C. 1802; settled a clergyman 

in Templeton. 
Alice, b. Oct. 31, 1781 ; m. March 3. 1803, Jonas Clarke. 
Betsey, b. Feb. 4, 1784; ra. June 28, 1804, Capt. Isaac Child. 
Setk b Nov. 18, 1785 ; m. Louisa Miles and Mrs. Sabra Stone. 
Sybil, b Sept. 24, 1787; m. Dec. 18, 1806, Loring Pierce. 
^Marshall, b. Sept. 26. 1789; m. March 9, 1815, Elizabeth Kimball. 
Darius, b. Jan. 14, 1794; was twice married. 
Almira, b. Aug. 1, 1795 ; m. Francis Bowman. 
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WiixTAM Wellington m. May 3, 1798, Avis Fiske. He resided 
first in Waltham, and afterwards came to Le.xmgton. lie d Aug. 
24, 1861, aged 92 years and 8 months. She d. Jan. 5, 1863, aged 
84 years and 9 months, 

Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1799 ; m. May 8, 1825, Aaron Ilolbrook. 
jSiLf., b. Jan. 5, 1801; m. March, 1825, Abigail Cope of 

AdalS,''^^. March 8, 1803 ; m. Dec. 13, 1827. Nathaniel W. Stearns 

of Waltham. 
Ahirinil b Julv 15 1805; d. Oct. 15, 1806. 
Mi^, b Feb. 11, 1807 ; m. Nov. 25, 1827, Nathaniel Pierce of 

Wzlamfb"'March 29, 1808; m. Dec. 1, 1833, Rebecca Ames of 
Pembroke. 



David Wellington m. April 11, 1805, Rebecca Stearns They 
were ad. to the ch. in Lex. June 6, 1806. She d. Feb. 18, 1821. 
He d. March 10, 1860, aged 88 years. 

Hiram, b. March 14, 1806; gr^H. C. 1834. m. Oct. 23, 1851, 

Ann A. Hudson. He is a lawyer in Boston. 
Rebecca, b. April 11, 1808. . -r. . 

David, b. Aug. 15, 1810 ; a merchant in Boston, 
mryb March 31, 1813 ; m. Oct. 31, 1840, George S. Cary, son of 

i^/rJ!" b." Aug. 27, 1815. 27 Susan Wyeth b. Aug^28, 1818. 

Avery, b. Feb. 14. 1821 ; m. Dec. 17, 1851, Martha L. Kidder. 

March 9. 1815. Elizabeth Kimball. 



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Marshall Wellington ra. 
He d. July 10, 1866, .aged 76. 

Marsliall Kimball, b. in Lex. March 24, 1817; m. May 20, 1843, 

£?tS. Wan.16.1820; m. May 9. 1838. Albert W. Bryant. 

^at;,'b'tlal'ch'ri822; m. Aug. 23, 1841, Albert W. Bryant, 
widower of her late sister Elizabeth. 

Walter, b. Dec. 3, 1824; m. ^-^-^^ ,^^^'^ ' ^^^f^r^^ \^}f\l%' 
dau. of Charles and Martha of Waltham. She d. June 18, 184J 
and he m. Jan. 6, 1852, Hannah M Parker They have had 
Charles, b. Oct. 13. 1853; A. Elizabeth, b. icb. 1, 18o6, d. Nov. 
9, 1865; Marion L., b. Oct. 17, 1866. 



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THE WESTCOTT FAMILY. 

Rev. Henry Westcott was b. in Warwick, R. I,, Oct. 30, 1831 ; 
m. June 10, 1863, Sarah A. Read, dau. of William Read of Cam- 
bridge, Mass. He graduated at Brown University, 1853, and after 
pursuing his theological studies, Avas settled in Barre, Mass., where 
he remained five years. After leaving Barre, he supplied the society 
at West Dedham one year, when he came to Lexington, where he was 
installed June 26, 1867. He was son of Josiah and Mary H. (Tib- 
betts) Westcott of Warwick, R. I., who was a direct descendant 
from Stukely Westcott, who came to this country about 1635, and set- 
tled in Salem. Entertaining religious opinions diifering from the 
puritans in general, a controversy arose, and Stukely Westcott was 
excommunicated, in 1639, with Roger Williams and others, who had 
already gone to Providence to found a colony there. Westcott settled 
in Warwick, where his descendants are found at the present day. 



THE WHITE FAMILY. 

Daxiel White was in Cambridge Farms as early as 1696, when 
his name appears on the tax bill. He was constable in 1713 and 
1714. He must have been a man of some dignity of character; for 
in seating the meeting house in 1731, he was placed in the second 

seat below. He m. Mary ; she d. and he m. second, Hannah 

. His Will, 1738, mentions wife Hannah, sons Joseph, John, 

Stephen, and Samuel, and dau. Sybil Mansfield and Sarah Locke. 



Daniel, b. Oct. 29, 1695. 

Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1697 ; probably d. young. 



\Jolin, b. Feb. 16, 1699 
Thomas, b. Feb. 22, 1702 ; 
'^Joseph, b. April 17, 1704. 
Sybil, b. May 12, 1706 ; m 

of Watertown. 
Stephen, b. April 27, 1709. 
Sarah, b. Aug. Td, 1711; m 



5 Mary, bap. 
d. March 22, 1718. 



Sept. 8, 1700. 



Dec. 25, 1734, Theophilus Mansfield 



Locke. 



Samuel, bap. Sept. 12, 1714; m. Sept. 13, 1736, Dinah Ward. 



John White m. Susanna . He and his wife made their 

peace with the ch. Oct. 10, 1735, and the next Sabbath, John, their 
first child, was bap. We find no other record of his family. He 
appears to have been a military character. He was in service as a 
corporal among the King's troops in 1725, and was also in the French 
and Indian wars, 1757 and 1760. As there is no further record of 
him in Lex., he probably never returned to reside in that place. 



Joseph White m. Hannah about 1727. She d. April 7, 

1731, and he m. Mary , He d. Aug. 4, 1777, aged 73, and she 

d. Oct. 20, 1780. 

Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1728 ; m. May 24, 1752, Joseph Abbot. 

Mary, b. March 25, 1731. 

Susanna, b. Oct. 10, 1735 ; m. Oct. 4, 1756, Jonathan Raymond. 

Joseph, b. Oct. 11, 17;57. 

William, b. April 25, 1740 ; m. Feb. 9, 1767, Tabitha Ener of Walt. 

Thomas, b. April 15, 1742. 18 Benjamin, b. May 9, 1744. 

\Ehenezer, b. July 10, 1746; m. Elizabeth Harrington. 

John, b. June 1, 1748. 21 Nathan, b. June 16, 1750. 



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Ebenezer White m. Feb. 12, 1767, Elizabeth Harrington. He 
took an early part in the Revolutionary strugf^le, being with the 
Lex. minute men on the Common on the 19th of April 1775. He 
also marched to Camb. on the 6th of May that year, and also on the 
day of the battle of Bunker Hill. At tliat time he held a sergeant's 
warrant. He subsequently held a commission, and enlisted into the 
Continental army. He d. Oct. 6, 1777. 

Nathan, b. July 27, 1767. 23 Jonas, b. Jan. 20, 1768. 

Joseph, b. Nov. 30, 1770; m. Nov. 29, 1792, Polly Harrington. 
Sally, bap. Dec. 28, 1772 ; d. in infancy. 
Ebenezer, b. April 7, 1775 ; d. Dec. 13, 1819, aged 44. 



THE WHITMAN FAMILY. 

John Whitman, one of the early settlers of Weymouth, was 
probably the ancestor of nearly all the Whitmans in the country. 
He was in New England before 1638, as he was made freeman that 
year. He filled several public offices in Weymouth. He had nine 
children. Thomas, his eldest son, probably came to this country 
with his mother, about 1641, being at that time twelve years of age ; 
and hence was b. in England, 1629. He was made freeman 1653. 
In 1655, he m. Abigail Byram. He and his father-in-law moved to 
Bridgewater. He d. 1712, aged 83. He had three sons and four 
daughters. Nicholas, the third son of Thomas, m. Sarah Vining of 
Weymouth, and had by her four sons. She d. and he m. Mary 
Conant, by whom he had several other children. He was killed by 
being run over by a cart. John, the second son of Nicholas by his 
first wife, was b. 1704, and m. Mary Richards, by whom he had no 
children. . She d. and he m. Elizabeth Gary, by whom he had 
Samuel and John. He m. a third wife, by whom he had other chil- 
dren. He. d. 1792, aged 88 years. 

John Whitman, of John, m. Lydia Snow. He resided in Bridge- 
water on the patrimonial farm. By his first wife he had three chil- 
dren. She d. and he m. his cousin, Abigail Whitman, dau. of Josiah 
Whitman, by whom he had eleven children. He was deacon of the 
church, and d. 1842, at the advanced age of 107 years. 

Lydia, b. 1765; m. Ebenezer Whitman of Windsor. She d. 1826. 

Elizabeth, b. 1767; ra. Trowbridge of Middleboro'; d. 1791. 

James, b. 1769 ; resided in Belchertown. He d. 1855. 

Catharine, b. 1775 ; d. Dec. 1793. 

Bathsheba, b. 1777 ; d. unm. in Lex. Aug. 20, 1864, aged_87. Miss 
Whitman was engaged as a teacher in private and public schools, 
nearly all the time irom 1794 to 1845. She was a woman of supe- 
rior mind, and retained her faculties to the last. After she was 
eighty years old, she wrote an excellent round hand, without the 
least tremor. She was highly respected, and d. in full faith of a 
happy immortality. 

Josiah, b. 1779 ; resided in Wellfleet. 

Alfred, b. 1781; d. Aug. 1842. . 

Obadiah, b. 1783 ; removed to New Gloucester. 

Nathaniel, b. 1785 ; grad. H. C. 1809, settled as a clergyman at 
Billerica. 

Eosea, b. 1788 ; resided in Waltham ; d. 1859. 

John, b. 1790 ; deceased 1822. 

Abigail, b. 1793 ; deceased 1818. 
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Bernard, b. 1796 ; he was a clergyman, and d. in Waltham, 1834. 
\Jason, b. April 30, 1799 ; d. in Portland, 1858. 



Jason Whitman ra. March, 1832, Mary Fairfield of Saco; grad. 
H. C. 1825; read Theology and settled at Saco, Me., 1830. In 
1834, was appointed General Agent of the American Unitarian Asso- 
ciation. Subsequently he was settled in Portland. In 1845, he was 
invited to Lexington, where he was installed July 30, of that year. 
In December, 1847, he and his wife went to Saco, to attend the 
funeral of her brother, and in Portland he was taken suddenly ill, 
and d. Jan. 25, 1858. His wid. is still living in Lexington. 

Sarali, b. April 8, 1833; d. Feb. 21, 1846. 

Bernard, b. Sept. 15, 1834 ; he has spent some ten years in South 

America. 
Catharine, b. July 18, 1836. 
John, b. May 28, 1838. He had followed the seas some years in the 

merchant service, and in the midst of the late rebellion he entered 

the navy, and served to the end of the war. 
Martha, b. July 13, 1840. 

The Whitmans have been remarkable for longevity. In the brief 
line we have traced, there are fout persons whose aggregate age is 
three hundred and sixty-five years, giving the average of ninety-one 
years to each. 



THE WHITMORE FAMILY. 

Though Whitmorc has never been a very common name in Lex., 
it is immediately connected with the earliest records, and is men- 
tioned in connection with the boundary of the parish, when it was 
incorporated in 1693. The Great and Generiil Court, in setting off 
the Farms as a precinct, described the dividing line between the old 
town of Cambridge and the North Parish as follows : *• Beginning at 
the first run of water or swampy place, over which is a kind of a 
bridge in the way or road, on the southerly side of Francis Whit- 
more's house, towards the town of Cambridge." 

This vague and indefinite description was again adopted when the 
precinct was erected into a town, in 1713, and remains to this day 
the boundary between Lexington and Arlington. But though this 
description is not very definite, it fixes with a good degree of cer- 
tainty the location of the Whitmore house. It must have been 
situated on Main street, below Cutler's Tavern, near the line of 
the town. But while this house was within the precinct, it is 
not certain that Francis Whitmore ever resided in it, though it was 
owned by him and bore his name. He certainly could not have 
resided there at the incorporation of the precinct, for he had then 
been dead several years. The house was probably occupied by his 
son, Samuel, whose name is found upon the parish tax bills, back to 
the incorporation of the parish. 

Francis Whitmore was born about 1625. He lived in Camb., 
and was a large landholder in that and the neighboring towns. He 
m. Isabel Parke, dau. q^ Richard Parke of Camb. She d. March 31, 
1665, and he m. Nov. 10, 1666, Margaret Harty. He d. Oct. 12, 
1685, aged 62. He served in the Indian War under Major Willard, 
as the treasurer's books show. 

Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1649 ; m. Nov. 3, 1669, Daniel Markham. 
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Jolin, b Oct. 1, 1654; lived in Medford, and d. Feb. 22, 1739. 
\Samuel, b. May 1, 1(358; m. Rebecca Gardner. 

Abigail, b. July 3, 1660 ; ni. Wilcox. 

Sarah, b. May '7, 1662 ; m. May 29, 1683, William Locke. 
Margaret, b. Sept. 9, 1668 ; m. Thomas Carter. 
Frances, b. March 3, 1671 ; m. Jonathan Thompson. 
'{Thomas, b. 1673; m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Waters. 
\Joseph, b. 1675 ; lived in Woburn. 

He had also Margery, bap. March 27, 1664, and Hannah, bap. 
Feb. 15, 1667, but both died young. 



Samuel Whitmore m. March 31, 1686, Rebecca Gardner. His 
name is found upon our earliest records, being a subscriber for the 
erection of a meeting house in 1692, and one of a committee, ia 
1693, for making taxes. He was an assessor in 1700 and 1708, and 
a tythingman in 1712. He was one of the original members of the 
ch. gathered in 1696, and his wife, Rebecca, was admitted Jan. 16, 
1700. She d. June 6, 1709, aged 43, and he m. Mrs. Mary, wid. of 
Abraham Watson ; she d. Nov. 14, 1730, aged 60. He d. May 22, 
1724, aged 66. 

\Francis, b. Dec. 9, 1686. 

\Samuel, b. April 1, 1688; m. Jan. 7, 1720, Bethia Page. 
Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1690; d. June 12, 1709. 
John, b. June 5, 1692 ; d. May 5, 1714. 
Benjamin, bap. Nov. 27, 1698, moved to Newton. 
Abigail, bap. Nov. 27, 1698. 18 Sarah, b. April 10, 1701. 

Nathaniel, b. May 7, 1702, moved to Newton. 
Mary, b. May 4, 1704. 

John, b. Jan. 25, 1714. John and his wife, Lydia, of Camb. sold 
land in Lex. in 1735, to Jonathan Robinson. 



Thomas Whitmore m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Waters of Woburn. 
She was ad. to the church in Lex. April 10, 1709. In May follow- 
ing eight of their children were bap. It is uncertain how long 
Thomas Whitmore resided in Lex. In 1696, Hugh Day of Camb. 
Farms, sold land in Camb. Farms to Thomas Whitmore of Wat. 
This purchase included a house and twenty acres of land. In 1698, 
Thomas Whitmore of Camb. Farms, sold the same land to Josiah 
Whitney. He had seven acres given him, in 1707, by the proprie- 
tors of Billerica. He removed to Killingly, Conn., and is said to 
have died there, Jan. 23, 1751 ; but we suspect an error in the date. 



TJiomas, b. Nov. 4, 1694. 
Samuel, b. Sept. 22, 1698. 
Daniel, b. Feb. 22, 1702. 
Hannah, ^ bap. with another i 
Ephraim, > sister, Abigail, 
Sarah, ) May 29, 1709 ; 



23 Francis, b. Sept. 5, 1696. 
25 Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1700. 

m. Oct. 22, 1722, David Cady. 

m. May, 1730, Benj. Lovejoy. 



Joseph Whitmore m. Feb. 13, 1699, Mary, dau. of Thomas 
Kendall. May 9, 1703, he and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex., 
and on the 6th of June following, Joseph, probably their first child, 
was bap., being b. Feb. 17, 1700. As he w;is subsequently of Wo. 
he may have resided there at this time. They were dismissed to the 
ch. in Wo. Feb. 20, 1704. 



Francis Whitmore. Though he was chosen hog-reeve in 1714, 
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life, we find no record of his marriage or of any children, and hence 
infer that he was never married. He d. Dec. 20, 1758. 



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Samuel Wiiitmore m. Jan. 7, 1720, Bethia Page. She was ad. 
to the ch. June 14, 1724. He was a tythingman in 1723, which 
shows that he was a man of sobriety of character. He d. Aug. 17, 
1724, about three months after his father. 

Rebecca, bap. Jan. 15, 1721. 

Daniel, b. Feb. 21, 1725. He was a posthumous son. He m. 1746, 
Elizabeth Townsend, and lived in Boston, where, in 1748, they 
executed a deed of their land in Lex. to Jonathan Robinson. He 
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By deaths and removals from town, the name of Whitmore has long 
since become extinct in Lex. In 1852, Charles 0. Whitmore, a 
wealthy merchant in Boston, purchased him a summer residence in 
Lex., which he has fitted up in fine style, and rendered it one of the 
most spacious and attractive dwellings in the town. He is a direct 
descendant of the fifth generation from John, the second son of the 
original Francis Whitmore. 

Charles O. Whitmore, son of William D. and Rhoda (Wood- 
ward) Whitmore, was b. Nov. 2, 1807, in Bath, Me. He m. Lovice 
Ayres. She d. Sept. 27, 1849, and he m. Oct. 30, 1851, Mary E. 
Blake, wid. of George Blake, Jr. of Boston. He had by his first 
wile the following children. 

Charles J., b. April 27, 1834; m. June 8, 1858, Sarah Olcott 
Murdoch Blake, dau. of the above mentioned Geo. Blake, Jr., 
and has four children. 

William H., b. Sept. 6, 1836. To him the writer is indebted for 
information concerning this family. 

Martha H., b. Sept. 5, 1838. 

Anna L., b. Sept. 16, 1840; m. Nov. 7, 1867, Philip L. Van Rens- 
selaer of New York. 

Charlotte R.,h. March 9, 1843. 

Creighton, b. Dec. 16, 1845 ; d. April 25, 1848. 



THE WHITNEY FAMILY. 

This name, like the preceding, appears early upon the Lex. 
records, but does not continue long. Eleazer Whitney was taxed 
at the Farms in 1693, '94, '95, and '96 ; and d. Feb. 1697. 

Isaiah Whitney and wife, Sarah, owned the covenant May 4, 
1696, when one of their children, probably their first, was bap. He 
d. Jan. 7, 1712. 

Marp, bap. May 4, 1696. 3 Isaiah, bap. July, 1700. 

Sarah, bap. April 22, 1703 ; m. Aug. 2, 1720, Andrew Parker. 
Elijah, bap. April 3, 1707 ; m. Dec. 8, 1736, Rebecca Winship. 
Abraham, bap. Feb. 19, 1710. 7 Jonas, bap. Nov. 25, 1711. 



THE WHITTEMORE FAMILY. 

Thomas Whittemore came to Maiden at an early day, where he 
owned real estate, and had a family. He is supposed to be the an- 
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Nathaniel Whittemore, a grandson of Thomas, and son of 
Nathaniel and Mary, was b. Sept. 26, 1670. He m. Sarah French. 
He and his wife were ad. to the ch, in Lex. April 24, 1720. She d. 

Aug. 15, 1734, and he m. Abigail . He d. 1754. His Will, 

dated Feb. 22, 1752, and proved Jan, 6, 1755, mentions wife Abi- 
gail, sons Nathaniel and Jacob, and sister Rebecca. He was an 
assessor in 1719, and constable 1720. He resided on the Concord 
road, near the Concord line, in the neighborhood of Thomas Nelson. 
He was an almanac maker, and published about 1707. lie was a 
man of more than ordinary education for that day ; was often em- 
ployed as a surveyor. He also sold drugs, and hence is often de- 
nominated Doctor, in the records. One number of his almanacs has 
its position in the scale of time thus fixed : ** For the Year of Our 
Lord 1707, being third after leap year. From the Creation, 5656 ; 
from Noah's Flood, 4000; from the building of London, 2814; from 
the death of Alex, the Great, 2030 ; from the Discovery of America, 
215 ; The reign of our Gracious Queen Anne the 6th." Another, of 
1724, shows his loyalty, and the spirit of the times, thus : " O Heaven, 
crown our Great and Gracious King with length of days and lasting 
peace. Beneath his feet let all his foes stoop down ; let him be a 
nursing father, while on earth he reigns; and of God's church great 
care may he take, and Christ will him reward with lasting gain. God 
save the King." 

Thomas, b. Sept. 21, 1718. 

Wacob, b. March 3, 1722. 

Sarah, bap. April 4, 1724; d. Aug. 15, 1734. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 8, 1725. 

John, b. Aug. 27, 1727; d. the Jan. following. 

\Nathaniel, b. June 26, 1729 ; m. Jemima Dunton of Bedford. 



Jacob Whittemore m. Oct. 28, 1746, Esther Whittemore of 
Con. She d. 1753, and he ra second, Dec. 5, 1754, Elizabeth Hoar of 
Con. She d. and he m. third, Oct. 19, 1759, Deborah Flagg. He 
d. Jan. 21, 1780. His Will, proved June 16, 1780, mentions dau. 
Esther Brown, Sarah Reed, and wife Elizabeth. Jacob Whittemore 
was ad. to the ch. in Lex. March 21, 1754, being dismissed from the 
ch. in Concord. 

Esther, b. Oct. 24, 1748; ra. June 12, 1769, Benj. Brown of Tem- 

pleton. 
Jonathan, b. Aug. 22, 1750. 
Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1751; m. April 23, 1770, Moses Reed of Wo. 

He had two other children by his first wife, who d. in early 

infancy. 



Nathaniel Whittemore m. Nov. 1, 1752, Jemima Dunton of 
Bed. There is some difficulty in fixing the residence and marriage 
of Nathaniel Whittemore. The Bedford record, in giving the mar- 
riage as above, speaks of him as " of Lexington." The Lexington 
ch. records have the following, under date of June 6, 1756 : '* Bap- 
tized, Abigail Whittemore of Nathaniel, the father having owned the 
covenant at Lincoln." He also had Jemima, bap. at Line. Aug. 7, 
1763. Ward, in his History of Shrewsbury, gives the following : 
" Nathaniel Whittemore, (supposed originally from Weston or vicin- 
ity,) Aug. 17, 1753, m. Sarah, dau. of Luke Rice. He was then 
called of Shrewsbury. Chil. Sarah, b. July 18, 1754; Nathaniel, b. 
March 9, 1756 ; Lydia, h. Feb. 15, 1758 ; Paul, b. May 24, 1760 ; 
Eber, b. April 24, 1762. Nathaniel Whittemore d. in 1765, and his 



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wid. m. March 31, 1774, George Harrington of Brookfield." There 
was a Nathaniel Whitteniore and his wife, Mary, in Charlestown, in 
1670, who had a son, Nathaniel, b. Sept. 26, 1670; these probably 
were the parents of the Nathaniel who settled in Lexington. 



There were other Whittemores in Lexington, from time to time, 
but we can give no connected view of them. 

Pelatiah Wliittemore, ad. to the ch. April 14, 1728. 

Nathan Wliittemore, bap. Feb. 7, 1750. 

Deborah Whlitemore, ad. to the ch. April 21, 17.51. 

Sarah Whitteniore, of Deborah, bap. Nov. 3, 1751. 

Submit Whittemore, ad. to the ch. Jan. 18, 1756 ; ra. March 23, 

1762, Jonas Mason. 
Jonas Whitney, of Narragansett No. 2 (now Westminster), and 

Sarah Whittemore of Lexington were united in marriage, Sept. 27, 

1757. 
Joel Whittemore was taxed in Lex. from 1750 to 1752 inclusive. He 

may have gone to Shrewsbury, and m. April 28, 1761, Rezinah 

Rand. 

The name of Whittemore, should never be confounded with Whit- 
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THE WILLIAMS FAMILY. 

Rev. Avery Williams, formerly a clergyman in Lex., was b. 
Jan. 9, 1782, in Guildford, Vt. His father, Rev. Henry Williams, 
being then pastor of the church at that place, but afterwards remov- 
ing to Leverett, Mass., Avery's childhood and youth were passed 
there. He grad. Dartmouth C. 1804, studied Theology at Prince- 
ton, N. J. He m, Feb. 25, 1807, Clarissa Grennell of Greenfield, 
and was settled in Lex. Dec. 30, 1807. He left Lex. in 1815, in 
consequence of ill health, and went South in hopes of relief; but 
disease had so far impaired his constitution, that his journey was un- 
availing. He d. at Spartansburg, S. C, Feb. 4, 1816. His widow 
was living in Greenfield a few years since. He published a Century 
Sermon on the anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Lex- 
ington, which shows him a man of good talents, careful research, 
and faithful as a historian. 

Clarissa G., b. April 14, 1810. 
Lydia Maria, b. April 1, 1812 ; died in childhood. 
Mary D., b. Feb. 11, 1814; resides at Greenfield. 
Avery, b. Feb. 14, 1816 ; m. Eliza Squire of Lanesboro'. He studied 
medicine and was residing, when last heard from, at Buffalo, N. Y. 



THE WILSON FAMILY. 

James Wilson was in Camb. Farms, 1693, when he was taxed 
for the purchase of the ministerial land. He was assessor in 1703, 

and constable in 1713. He m. Deborah . They were ad. to 

the ch. Feb. 6, 1699. They buried a child in 1696, and two in 1703. 
There was also a John Wilson taxed in 1696, but this is the only 
record we find of him. The Wilsons probably left town early, as no 
one of the name appears on the earliest town tax bills extant, viz., 
1729 and 1735. James Wilson, from Lexington, settled in Leices- 
ter, 1721. This was probably the family. 



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James, bap. Aug. 1699 ; probably settled in Bed. and d. 1753. 
Deborah, bap. Aug. 1699 ; d. Dec. 14, 1703. 
Abigail, bap. Aug. 1G99. 5 Ebenezer, bap. Oct. 8, 1699. 

John, bap. Sept. 17, 1704. 7 William, bap. May 27, 1705. 

Margaret, bap. Nov. 24, 1706. 9 Hannah, bap. July 20, 1708. 
Thomas, bap. May 14, 1710. 11 Fhebe, bap. May 29, 1713. 
Jonathan, bap. Oct. 31, 1714. 



The name appears several times in connection with the history 
of Lexington, but it is uncertain whether they were related to this 
family. Hezekiah Dunkley m. Damaris Wilson, Oct. 17, 1734. 
Sergeant Robert Wilson, Robert Wilson, Jr., and Barnabas Wilson 
were in the French War from Lex. in 1756, and Robert also in 1758. 
James Wilson was in the Continental army from Lex. in the Revo- 
lution. 



THE WINSHIP FAMILY. 

The Winships were among the first settlers in Lexington, and 
were for a long period among the most numerous and respectable 
families. They were the descendants of 

Edward Winship of Cambridge. He was made freeman in 1635, 
was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., 1638, 
was selectman of Cambridge eleven years, between 1637 and 1684. 
He was representative in 1663, '64, '81 and '86. He also held a 
commission in the militia, and was dignified with the title of Lieu- 
tenant Winship. He was also an active and honored member of the 
church. He was twice married. His first wife was Jane, who d. 
between 1648 and 1651 ; his second wife was Elizabeth. He d. Dec. 
2, 1688, in the 76th year of his age, and his widow, Elizabeth, d. 
Sept. 19, 1690, in her 58th year. It is believed that all the Win- 
ships in the vicinity descended from Lieutenant Edward. His Will 
was dated 1685, and as it casts considerable light upon this family, 
I will cite the portions which relate to the Lexington branches. 

1. " I give to my son Ephraim, the lot of land whereon his house 
standeth, both all the meadow and upland he hath now in his 
possession." 

2. "I give to my son Edward, all my land that lieth on the east 
side of the brook, whereon a sawmill standeth, except that which I 
bought of Edward Methelson, and twelve acres in my own Great 
Meadow." 

3. " I give to my son Samuel, one hundred acres of land or 
thereabouts, some of it measured by David Fiske, about eighty acres 
upon the west side of Concord way, next to his brother Ephraim's 
line, and another tract of land on the east side of Concord w.ay." 

4. He gave land on Alewife brook to Joseph, another son ; and 
mentions Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail, his daughters. 

His widow's Will, dated 1689, mentions dau. Elizabeth, Abigail, 
Margery and Mehitabel. 

Lieutenant Winship was a large landholder, not only in Old Cam- 
bridge, but at the Farms, where he had land assigned him as early as 
1642. He owned, as will be seen by his Will, a large tract of land 
within the present limits of Lexington, extending from Lowell street 
across the brook to the hill west of Main street, upon the present 
line of Arlington, including the mill site, Mount Ephraim, and a 
portion of the Great Meadow. Living as his descendants did, upon 
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partly with one town, and partly with the other; and hence the 
record of the family is sometimes in one town, and sometimes in the 
other, which makes it very difficult to trace the families. 

Mary, b. June 8, 1638 ; d. young. 

Sarah, b. 1639. 4 Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1641. 

\Ephraim, b. July 9, 1643; d. Oct. 19, 1696. 

Woanna, b. Aug. 1, 1645; d. Nov. 19, 1707. 

Edward, b. June 18, 1648 ; d. same day. 

Elizabeth, h. April 15, 1652. 

^Edward, b. March 3, 1654. 

Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1656 ; m. William Russell, May 8, 1683. 

^Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1658; m. April 12, 1687, Mary Powers. 

\Joseph, b. June 21, 1661 ; m. Sarah Harrington. 

Margery, b. Dec. 10, 1664; m. May 12, 1687, John Dixon. 

Mehitabel, b. Nov. 19, 1667. 



Ephraim Winship m. April 7, 1670, Hannah Rogers, who d. 
Dec. 20, 1674. He m. second, Dec. 19, 1675, Elizabeth Kendall of 
Woburn. He resided on the place described in his father's Will, in 
the extreme easterly part of the town. He must have come to the 
place early. He was a subscriber for the meeting house in 1692, 
and on the organization of the parish in 1693, he was one of the 
assessors. He was also a member of the committee chosen to treat 
with tbe town of Cambridge in relation to the purchase of land for 
the ministry, and an assessor, 1694. He d. at Lexington, Oct. 19, 
1696. His widow removed her relation to the ch. in Lex. from that 
of Woburn, immediately after the death of her husband. He had the 
honor of giving his name to a swell of land near his residence, which 
is to this day known as *' Mount Ephraim." He probably had no 
children. In the settlement of his estate, mention is made of Sarah 
Reed, iheir adopted dau. His widow, Elizabeth, administered upon 
the estate. She subsequently m. Joseph Pierce of Watertown. 



Joanna Winship d. unm. Nov. 19, 1707, aged 62. She was 
famous in her day as a school teacher ; and as our ancestors knew 
how to appreciate the character of a good school ma'am, they, under 
the influence of the muses, inscribed upon her monumental stone, 
this plaintive strain — this melting elegy : 

" This good school Dame 

No longer school must keep, 
Which gives us cause 
For children's sake, to weep." 



Edward Winship m. May 14, 1683, Rebecca Barsham, who d. 
Aug. 1717, aged 61. He d. in Camb. June 10, 1718, aged 64. He 
was selectman of Camb. 1691, '93, '95 and 1701. Though he owned 
land in Cambridge Farms, he resided on the Cambridge side of the 
line. He d. testate; and by his Will, proved 1718, and by an 
instrument signed by his heirs, it appears that he had seven children 
living at the time of his death. He gave to his oldest son Edward, 
" the house he dwelleth in, and fifty acres of land adjoining, bounded 
as follows : beginning near the town road leading from old Mr. 
Munroe's, towards Menotomy," &c. (This is the present Lowell 
street.) He gave to his son Ephraim, " all that parcel of land 
whereon he dwells, and the interest I have in the house he now 
dwells in, which was formerly my brother Ephraim's, lying on the 
southwest side of the county road." Both of these bequests were of 
land lying in Lexington, and they show that bis sons Edward and 
Ephraim were then living in Lexington. 



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\Edward, b. Jan. 9, 1684 ; m. Sarah Manning. 
Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1686 ; in. April 3, 1706, Walter Russell. 
jEjyhraim, b. Feb. 4, 1688 ; m. June 17, 1708, Hannah Cutler. 
\Naihaniel, b. Feb. 16, 1689; m. Feb. 11, 1713, Rebecca Pierce of 
Woburn. 

William, b. . 

\John, b. ; m, Oct. 2, 1718, Elizabeth Wyeth. 

Jason, b. 1699. 



Samuel Winship m. April 12, 1687, Mary Powers of Medford. 
He resided in the precinct, and was a subscriber for the meeting 
house in 1692, and for the purchase of the Common in 1711, and his 
name is upon the tax bills from the first. He was selectman in 1728, 
'29, '30, '32 and '33. He d. June 18, 1696. 

\Samuel, b. Jan. 8, 1688; m. June 10, 1712, Jane Fessenden. 
Manj, b. Dec. 12, 1689. 24 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1691. 



Joseph Winship m. Nov. 24, 1687, Sarah Harrington of Water- 
town. She d- Nov. 28, 1710. They resided in West Cambridge, 
where he d. Sept. 18, 1725. They had the following and probably 
other children. 



Joanna, h. Jan. 14, 1689; d. Dec. 17, 1716. 
Josejjh, b. Feb. 28, 1701 ; m. about 1722, Anne 
Margaret, b. Aug. 8, 1703. 



Edward Winship m. about 1705, Sarah Manning. He was a 
tythingman in Lexington, 1714; fence viewer, 1716; constable, 
1717. lie 0. c. in Lex. Sept. 1, 1706. He d. May 15, 1763, aged 
88 years. 

^Edward, b. Aug. 25, 1706. 

Rebecca, b. Aug. 22, 1709 ; m. June 16, 1728, John Manning. 

Sarah, b. June 28, 1712. 

Jonathan, b. May 28, 1713; d. young. 

Mary, b. June 25, 1716. 

\Jonathan, b. May 28, 1719 ; m. Elizabeth Cutler. 

\Isaac, b. June 8, 1724. 



Ephuaim Winship m. June 17, 1708, Hannah Cutler. He was 
a subscriber for the purchase of the Common in 1711. In 1717, he 
was chosen surveyor of highways, tythingman in 1721, constable, 
1728. Not Ephraim alone was employed by the town, but his wife, 
by vote of the inhabitants, was employed to keep a school in her 
part of the town. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. Oct. 12, 1718. 
She d. April 9, 1764, aged 77. He d. July 16, 1757, aged 70. 

\ Ephraim, b. May 23, 1709 ; m. Aug. 28, 1735, Mehitabel Cutler. 

YRichard, b. July 25, 1711. 

Daniel, b. Aug. 27, 1713; d. Dec. 8, same year. 

Joshua, b. Feb. 17, 1715 ; was in the West India service, 1740. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 18, 1718. 

Moses, b. Sept. 18, 1720 ; m. Lucy Hastings of Waltham, 1746. 

Bethiah, b. Feb. 11, 1724; d. March 19, 1740. 



Nathaniel Winship, m. Feb. 11, 1713, Rebecca Pierce of Wo. 

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1714. 43 Nathaniel, b. Dec. 27, 1716. 

Rebecca, b. Dec. 7. 1717 ; m. Dec. 8, 1736, Elijah Whitney. 
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Martha, b. June 21, 1720; d. July 8, 1746, unm. 
Abigail, b. March 25, 1722 ; d. July same year. 



John Winship m. Oct. 2, 1718, Elizabeth Wyeth. He probaV)ly 
m. as a seooad wife, about 1730, Bethiah . lie d. July 18, 1747. 

Josiah, b. Oct. 1, 1719 ; d. young. 

Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1721. 49 Rutli, b. June 14, 1726. 

John, b. Nov. 8, 1728. 

Thaddeus, b. March 8, 1731 ; d. June 3, 1747. 

James, b. Sept. 27, 1733; m. April 15, 1762, Lydia Phillips of West 

Cambridge. 
Ebenezer, b. Sept. 30, 1735 ; m. Aug. 19, 1756, Elizabeth Raymond. 
Bethiah, b. March 19, 1739 ; d. March 18, 1740. 
Josiali, b. July 18, 1741. 
Eliot, b. 1743; m. June 16, 1768, Edward Crafts of Boston. 



Samuel Winship m. June 10, 1711, Jane Fessenden, dau. of 
Nicholas and Margaret Fessenden. He was High Sherill" of Middle- 
sex CO. He o. c. Sept. 21, 1712, when his first child was bap. His 
wife d. Jan. 12, 1771 ; he d. Feb. 13, 1776, aged 88. 

\Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1712; m. May 22, 1735, Hannah Loring. 
Martha, b. Dec. 27, 1714; m. William Bowers of Billerica. 
Margaret, b. Dec. 25, 1718; d. May 25, 1791, unm. 



Edward Winship m. Esther 
Dec. 7, 1773, aged 69. 



She d. Oct. 10, 1785 ; he d. 



\Thomas, b. Oct. 25, 1729 ; m. May 28, 1755, Sarah Harrington. 

Benjamin, b, April 12, 1731. 

\Edward, b. Jan. 18. 1733 ; m. Feb. 9, 1757, Hepzibah Laughton. 

\Joel, b. Nov. 13, 1734; m. Elizabeth Grant of Sudbury. 

Amos, b. Dec. 12, 1736 ; d. May 9, 1740. 

Mary, bap. 1738. 

Esther, b. Jan. 21, 1739; d. April 28, 1789, unm. 

Evebell, b. Feb. 2, 1743. 68 Joshua, b. Jan. 27, 1748. 



Jonathan Winship m. Dec. 3, 1741, Isabel Cutler of Carab. 

She d. and he m. about 1746, Elizabeth . He was ad. to the 

ch. by a letter from the ch. in Camb. May 21, 1754. She was ad. 
June 18, 1758. 

Jonathan, b. Jan. 18, 1747 ; dismissed, 1772, to the ch. in Mason, 

N. H. 
Joshua, b. June 27, 1748. 71 Amos, b. Dec. 19, 1750. 

Hepzibah, b. Feb. 15, 1753. 73 Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1755. 

Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1757. 75 Lucg, b. Feb. 9, 1760. 

Nathaniel, b. June 23, 1762. 
Edmund, b. Oct. 2, 1765 ; m. Nov. 22, 1789, Lucy Learned. 



Isaac Winship m. Hannah . He was in the French and In- 
dian war, in 1755. He d. April 8, 1783, and his son, Isaac, adminis- 
tered upon his estate. 

Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1746 ; d. July 23, 1749. 
\Isaac, b. April 7, 1749 ; m. Sarah Fessenden. 
Hannah, b. May 4, 1752 ; d. young. 
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Phehe, b. July 23, 1755; m. May 11, 1779, Ebenezer Hadley. 
Hannah, b. April 25, 1757 ; m. May, 1779, Jonathan Marble. 
Etinice, b. Feb. 28, 1758. 85 Grace, b. May 17, 1759. 

Rebecca, b. May 20, 176i). 

Richard, b. Nov. 30, 1762; he was a soldier in the Revolution. 
Martha, b. Feb. 12, 1764. 89 Prudence, b. May 2, 1765. 

Benjamin, bap. Oct. 12, 1766. 91 Nehemiah, b. April 4, 1767. 
Lydia, b. April 3, 1769. 



Ephraim Winship m. Aug. 28, 1735, Mehitabel Cutler. He 
moved to New Marbiehead, now the town of Windham, Me., about 
1740. This place siiiFered severely from the Indians, from 1747 to 
1763. On the 14th of May, 1756, Ephraim Winship and Ezra 
Brown, both of "Windham, left the fort (for safety required them to 
live in garrisons) for the purpose of laboring upon Brown's lot, 
about a mile distant. Knowing that the Indians were lurkino- about 
in the region, they took the precaution to engage a guard of four 
men and four lads. In passing through a thick wood, when Win- 
ship and Brown were about fifty rods in advance of the guard, they 
were fired upon by fifteen or twenty Indians, who lay in ambush. 
Brown fell dead upon the spot. Winship received two balls, one in 
the eye, and another in the arm. and fell to the ground,— where both 
were scalped by the Indians. A portion of the guard fled to the fort 
to give the alarm, while the remainder, and among tliem Gershom 
Winship, the oldest son of Ephraim, who was born before the family 
left Lexington, and then about twenty years of age, boldly rushed 
upon the savages, who were more than three times their number, 
and finally put them to flight. The Indians were led by Poland, 
their chief. When the guard approached, the Indians concealed 
themselves behind the trees, that they might be secure from the shots 
of their pursuers, and that they might step from their hiding places 
and fire upon the citizens, before they were aware of their [)resence. 
Poland was the first to break the silence ; he stepped from behind 
the tree, discharged his musket, and immediately concealed himself 
again to reload. In his eagerness to reload his piece, that he might 
have another shot, his body became partially exposed, and he re- 
ceived a fatal shot from one of their pursuers. The Indians gathered 
around their fallen chief, and gave one of their infernal yells, which 
was answered by a volley from the little Spartan band, which killed 
or mortally wounded two more of their number. The Indians imme- 
diately fled, carrying off their dead and wounded. 

At the time Winship received these wounds, he was a widower, 
his wife, Mehitabel, having died, leaving six children. Winship 
recovered from his wounds, though the Indians had taken two scalps 
from his head, and given him a blow with a hatchet, leaving him for 
dead. They took the two scalps in consequence of his having, as is 
sometimes the case, two crowns upon his head. In taking the scalps, 
they left a narrow strip of skin from his forehead directly over the top 
of his head. This ever afterwards gave him a very singular appear- 
ance. After this misfortune he m. a second wife, by whom he had 
five more children. He d. at Windham, June 4, 1/66, aged 55. 
These facts were obtained from the Centennial Address of T. L. Smith, 
Esq., delivered at Windham, July 4, 1839, which contains much val- 
uable information. Two children of Ephraim Winship were b. before 
he left Le.x., viz., Gershom, b. May 10, 1736, and Mehitabel, b. July 
28, 1738. 



Richard Winship m. Prudence Estabrook, dau. of John and 
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datcd Nov. 28, 1768, and proved Jan. 7, 1769, mentions eight chil- 
dren then living, viz., Abigail, Ephraim, Hannah, Grace, Rebecca, 
Richard, Prudence, and Nehemiah. He d. Dec. 13, 1768, aged 58 ; 
she d. 1776, and Nehemiah Estabrook administered upon her estate. 
He was constable in 1750, and tythingman in 1758. 

Prudence, b. March 12, 1749 ; d. Oct. 2, 1751. 

Abigail, b. Jan. 2, 1751. 

Ephraim, b. June 25, 1753 ; m. April 8, 1777, Susanna Marion. 

Prudence, b. July 16, 1756 ; d. young. 

Hannah, b. April 25, 1757. 

Grace, b. May 17, 1759 ; probably m. Simon Childs of Cambridge. 

Rebecca, b. May 20, 1760. 100 Richard, b. Nov. 30, 1762. 

Prudence, b. May 2, 1765. 102 Nehemiah, b. April 23, 1767. 



Samuel Winship m. May 22, 1735, Hannah Loring, dau. of Jo- 
seph and Lydia (Fiske) Loring. She d. July 27, 1747, and he m. 
May 5, 1748, Abigail Crosby of Billerica. He d. Feb. 16, 1780, 
aged 68. 

nannah, b. April 26, 1736 ; m. March 20, 1760, Richard Francis of 

Medford. 
Lrjdia, b. Feb. 14, 1738 ; d. May, 1754. 
Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1740. 
Martha, b. May 12, 1742; d. Jan. 8, 1746. 
Samuel, b. April 17, 1744; m. July 4, 1771, Rebecca Johnson of 

Lynn. 
Loring, b. Dec. 10, 1746 ; d. May 11, 1754. 

\Si7non, b. Nov. 2, 1749; m. May 21, 1776, Joanna Abbott of Bil. 
John, b. June 16, 1752 ; d. April 7, 1754. 

]John, b. May 12, 1754 ; m. Deliverance . 

\Stephen, b. Feb. 23, 1756 ; m. Feb. 5, 1787, Edith Merriam. 
Abigail, b. May 18, 1759. 



Thomas Wixship m. May 28, 1755, Sarah Harrington, dau. of 
Henry and Sarah Harrington. He probably had one child before 
Henry, mentioned below. He d. Aug. 4, 1796. He was one of the 
brave band who rallied under Capt. Parker, April 19, 1775. He 
was selectman, 1779 and '81 ; assessor six years. 

Henry, bap. Nov. 11, 1759. 115 Isabel, b. March 29, 1762. 

Anna, b. April 18, 1764. 

\Thomas, b. April 12, 1766; m. April 11, 1793, Anna Harrington. 
Moses, b. June 20, 1768. 

] Jonathan, b. Sept. 14, 1770 ; m. first, Martha , and second, 

Elizabeth Coggen. 
Joel, b. April 18, 1773; m. Nov. 14, 1792, Phebe Hill of Camb. 
Eunice, b. ; m, Nov. 2, 1800, Jonas Locke. 



Edward Winship m. Feb. 9, 1757, Hepzibah Laughton, dau. of 
Dea. John and Sarah Laughton. 



Amos, b. Feb. 6, 1758. 
John, b. Feb. 16, 1762. 
Oliver, b. May 8, 1767. 



123 Esther, b. March 4, 1760. 
125 Edward, b. Oct. 15, 1764. 



Joel Winship m. Jan. 15, 1755, Elizabeth Grant of Sud. They 
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Elizabeth, b. March 14, 1755 ; m. Fiske ; went to Barre. 

Dorcas, b. June 24, 1758 ; d, 1807, unm. 

Joel, b. May 1, 1761 ; went to Queensburg, N. Y. 



Isaac Winship m, March 4, 1773, Sarah Fessenden. He was m. 
as of Medford, where he resided at the time. When he returned to 
Lex. does not appear ; but as he was taxed in 1785, it is probable 
that he returned soon after the death of his father, which occurred 
in 1783, and his son, Isaac, administered upon the estate. He d. 
Nov. 29, 1834, aged 85 ; she d. Feb. 12, 1834, aged 80. He was 
an assessor from 1793 to 1814, inclusive. We can find no record of 
his family, and have to depend upon the imperfect recollection of one 
of his descendants. 



Isaac, b. 

Jonas, b. 

Sarah, b. — 
Thaddeus, b. 
no record. 
Hannah, b. - 
Lydia, b. 



; moved to Portland. 

; lived in Portland, was twice married. 



m. John Frost. 
— ; m. Mary Walker. 

-; m. Leonard Johnson, 
m. John Frost. 



He had a family, but left 



\ Oliver, b. Nov. 12, 1794; has been twice married. 



Simon Winship m. May 21, 1776, Joanna Abbott of Billerica. 
They o. c. July 20, 1777, when their first child, Joanna, was bap- 
tized. He d. Jan. 4, 1813, and Elias Maynard of Boston was ap- 
pointed guardian of his widow, as a non compos. She d. Feb. 2, 
1826. He was in service in the Jersies, in 1776, and sergeant ia 
1777. 

Joanna, b. May 4, 1777. 

Oliver Abbott, b. March 5, 1779 ; d. Oct. 11, 1792. 



John Winship m. Deliverance . He d. in West Camb. 

April, 1825, and his widow administered upon his estate. He was a 
soldier in Capt. Parker's co, 1775, also served in the first campaign 
of eight months and twelve months, New York. 



John, b. Dec. 28, 1779. 
Charles, b. June 30, 1784. 
Polly, b. April 26, 1788. 
Magus, b. Aug. 4, 1793. 



140 Stephen, b. July 15, 1782. 
142 Sally, b. July 23, 1786. 
144 Henry, b. June "JS, 1790. 



Stephen Winship m. Feb. 5, 1787, Edith Merriam, dau. of Ben- 
jamin and Ginger (Porter) Merriam, b. Aug. 20, 1763. He d. Nov. 
16, 1839, aged 84; she d. Feb. 20, 1839, aged 73. 

Stephen, b. Sept. 25, 1787 ; d. April 18, 1788. 

Edith, b. Jan. 16, 1789 ; m. Sept. 2, 1806, Isaac Adams of Boston. 

Cynthia, b. May 10, 1791 ; lives in Camb. 

Stephen, b. April 16, 1793; d. Aug. 27, 1864, aged 71. 

Sophia, b. March 3, 1795 ; lives at Cambridgeport, 

Philenia, b. April 30, 1798; d. Jan. 16, 1819, unm. 

Lavinia, b. Feb. 22, 1800; m. March 26, 1822, P. R. L. Stone. 

Maria Antonette, b. March 8, 1802 ; m. March 8, 1837, Billings 
Smith. 

Archibald, b. Aug. 6, 1804. 

Tryphena Mcn-iam, b. March 16, 1808 ; m. ]\Iarch 3, 1835, Augus- 
tus Wellington, and d. Dec. 26, 1841, aged 34. 



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Thomas Winship m. April 11, 1793, Anna Harrinffton. They 
were ad. to the ch. April, 1795. He d. March 2, 1830, aged 64; 
she d, July 15, 1821, aged 55. 

Lucebia, b. May 2, 1794 ; m. Lot Reed. 

Emihj, bap. Jan. 29, 1797 ; m. Otis Reed of Bedford. 



Jonathan Winship m. Martha . She d. Jan. 10, 1799, and 

he m. May 12, 1800, Elizabeth Coggen of Natick. She d. June 13, 
1823, aged 49 ; he d. July 22, 1825. 

Estlier, b. May 21, 1796; d. Aug. 15, 1810, 
Moses, b. Sept. 20, 1798; d. Feb. 4, 1799. 
Eliza, b. Feb. 3, 1801 ; d. Feb. 18, 1801. 

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Thomas Jefferson, b. May 6, 1805; d. Jan. 18, 1827. 
Anna, b. March 10, 1807. 
Henry Coggen, b. Sept. 6, 1810. 



Oliver Winship m. Sept. 10, 1820, Anna Fiske. She d. Oct. 
15, 1851, and he m. March 25, 1853, Amanda F. Chamberlain. 

Isaac A.,\y. July 4, 1822 ; m. in Cal. Elizabeth Brooks. 

Oliver M.,h. March 6, 1823. 

Marij E., b. March 13, 1825; m. Dec. 31, 1846, William Daley of 

Cambridge. 
Charles F., b. July 16, 1828; m. Mary Holbrook. They have one 

child, Eddy Bigelow. 
Sarah, b. July 16, 1828, twin; m. Oct. 1866, George Hager; r. in 

California. 

The records of many of the Winship families are so imperfect, that 
it is impossible to trace their genealogy. Some families have neg- 
lected their record altogether, and hence it is impossible to bring 
them down to the present day. 



THE WINTER FAMILY. 

John Winter was a proprietor of Wat. in 1636, and d. in that 
place, 1662. His Will, dated March 4, 1661, and proved June, 
1662, mentions sons Richard and Thomas, late of London, dau. 
Alice Lockman of London, and son John of Wat., to whom he gave 
his landed property. He probably came from Camb. to Lex. He 
had land assigned between the eight mile line and Concord, in 1683. 

John Winter lived at Camb. Farms, where he d. Jan. 18, 1690. 
His Will, dated Dec. 12, 1689, makes no mention of his wife, who 
probably d. before him, but speaks of sons John, Thomas, and 
Samuel, and dau. Sarah, Hannah, and Mary. 



Joseph, b. 



d. at Camb. Farms, Dec. 10, 1690, being the 



first death mentioned in the Lex. records. 

\John, b. ; owned the covenant at Wat. June 22, 1690. 

Thomas, b. . 6 Samuel, b. . 

Sarah, b. ; d. Jan. 19, 1690, one day after her father. 



Hannah, b. 
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JoHN Winter m. Abigail . He was a subscriber for the 

erection of a meeting house in Lex. 1692, following the example of 
his father, who had subscribed for the same object before his death. 
She was ad. to the eh. April 9, 1699. They had Joseph, bap. April 
2, 1699; Benjamin, b.ap. Oct. 8, 1699; Ruth, bap. Sept. 22, 1702; 
Lydia, bap. Aug. 15, 1703 ; James, bap. Sept. 30, 1705 ; Isaac, bap. 
Nov. 3, 1706 ; Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 20, 1708. 

As the tax bills of 1729 and 1735 do not contain the name of Win- 
ter, and as no place was assigned when the meeting house was 
seated, in 1731, we infer that they had all left town before that period. 



WRIGHT.— Elisfia Wright came to Lex. about 1855. He was 
b. in Washington, N. H., 1811, and m. Dec. 1836, Harriet Farmer, 
b. Feb. 22, 181-4. He was son of Nathan, b. Feb. 1786, who was 
son of Jacob, b. Dec. 1758, who served in the Revolution, and m. 
Patty Reed. Jacob was son Jacob, of whose birth we have no 
record, but whose death occurred in 1763. Elisha, by his wife 
Harriet, has five children, three sons, all of whom were in the U. S. 
service in the late Rebellion, and two daughters, as follows : 

Walter R., b. Aug. 22. 1838 : m. Nov. 1860, Lydia Kenniston, and 
has Minnie, b. Feb. 8, 1862, and Charles C. He served nine months 
in the army, in North Carolina. Willis L., b. Sept. 14, 1841 ; he 
was nine months in the service. Oeorge W., b. June 30, 1843. 
Like his two brothers, he was one of the nine months' men who 
served in North Carolina to put down the rebellion. Hattie A., b. 
June 9, 1850. Emma E. H., b. Oct. 22, 1852. The first three 
children were b. in Washington, N. H., the last two in Camb. Mass. 



There is another Wright family in town, which originated in Ashby, 
having no connection with the family above. 

Abel Wright of Ashby, m. first, Hayward of Acton. She 

d. and he m. second, Rice of Ashburnham. He had a family of 

nineteen children. Isaac, their first child, b. Feb. 12, 1799, m. Ar- 
villa Kendall, dau. of Oliver Kendall of Ashby. They had nine 
children. He d. May 25, 1864. 

Luke W. Wright, son of Isaac, b. Sept. 27, 1821 ; m. April 7, 
1846, Abio-ail Estabrook, dau. of Attai and Polly (Pierce) Esta- 
brook of Lex. b. Dec. 16, 1819. He came to Lex. 1843. They 
have had the following children. Sarah Arvilla, b. Oct. 5, 1848; 
Abhie Elizabeth, b. Dec. 11, 1849; Arthur E., b. Sept. 29, 1854, 
d. Jan. 22, 1859 ; Alice Arthuretta, b. Jan. 29, 1861. 



THE WYMAN FAMILY. 

The name of Wyman is of German origin, and was at first spelt 
Weyman. Two individuals, who were the progenitors of most of 
the Wymans, appear on the Charlestown records as signers of 
"town orders," Dec. 18, 1640. This was coeval with the settlement 
of Woburn. We find John and Francis Wyman in Woburn imme- 
diately after. They were Tanners ; and thus was laid early the 
foundation of the shoe and leather business, for which Woburn has 
always been more or less distinguished. John m. in Wo. 1644, 
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Francis Wyman, from whom our Lex. Wymans descended, m. 
Jan. 30, 1645, Judith Pierce of Wo, She dying, he m. second, Oct. 
2, 1650, Abigail Reed. 

Judith, b. Sept. 29, 1652 ; d. Dec. 22, 1652. 
Francis, b. about 1654; d. unm. Aug. 26, 1676. 
William, b. about 1656; m. Prudence Putnam, and d. 1705. 
Abigail, b. about 1658 ; m. Stephen Richardson. 

Timothy, b. Sept. 15, 1661 ; ra. Hannah . 

Joseph, b. Nov. 9, 1663; d. July 24, 1714, unm. 
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 25, 1665; m'. Mary Winn, and d. 1691. 
Samuel, b. Nov. 29, 1667 ; m. 1692, Rebecca Johnson. 
Thomas, b. April 1, 1671 ; m. May 5, 1696, Mary Richardson. 
^Benjamin, b. Aug. 25, 1674 ; m. Elizabeth Hancock of Cambridge. 
Stephen, b. June 2, 1676 ; d. Aug. 19, 1676. 
Judith, b. Jan. 15, 1679 ; m. Nathaniel Bacon. 



Benjamin Wyman m. Jan. 20, 1702, Elizabeth Hancock of Camb. 
He d. Dec. 19, 1735, and she m. Aug. 22, 1739, Jonathan Brown of 
Bed. and d. 1749. Though Benjamin Wyman may not have resided 
long in Lex., he and his wife o. c. in the place, June 24, 1705, when 
Elizabeth, their first child, was bap. Mrs. Wyman was probably 
sister to Rev. Mr. Hancock; which would account for their attending 
ch. in Lex., though their residence might have been out of town. 

Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1705; m. June 11, 1724, Jacob Richardson, 

\Benjamin, b. Nov. 13, or Dec. 17, 1706. 

Lucy, b. April 17, 1708; m. Nathaniel Davenport. 

Zedekiah, bap. Oct. 30, 1709. 



Benjamin Wyman m. Esther, dau. of Jacob Richardson of Wo. 
He was dignified by the title of captain. He resided in Wo. where 
he had a family, among whom was James, the immediate ancestor of 
the Lexington branch of the Wyman family. 

James Wyman b. June 29, 1741 ; m. Jan. 14, 1766, Anna Porter. 
He came from Wo. to Lex. in 1763, and so was m. as of Lex. She 
d. and he m. second, Lydia Simonds. He d. Nov. 13, 1822. 

Anna, b. March 8, 1768 ; ra. Nov. 19, 1795, Sweethen Reed. 

\James, b. Sept. 26, 1769. 

William, b. Dec. 11, 1771 ; moved to Westminster, Vt. 

Benjamin, b. March 20, 1774; m. Lucy Gardner, and d. 1849. No 

issue. 
Phebe, b. Feb. 9, 1776 ; d. April 8, 1805. 
Sally, b. Oct. 18, 1778 ; d. April 7, 1782. 
Lydia, b. Feb. 9, 1781; d. unm. Dec. 1, 1861. 
Sally, b. June 20, 1783; m. March 13, 1810, John Crapo of Lynn. 
Lucy, bap. Nov. 27, 1785; d. young. 
Francis, b. April 11, 1789 ; m. Mrs. Margaret Wyman. 



James Wyman m. Jan. 25, 1798, Betsey Locke, dau. of Reuben 
Locke. He d. April 19, 1835, aged 67. She was burned to death 
in a house which took fire, when she was left in it alone, too infirm 
to help herself. 

James, b. April 18, 1798. He was for some time a partner in the 
mercantile house of Kittridge»!fc Wyman, Boston. He m. Dec. 10, 
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from him, 1851, and m. Feb. 19, 1852, Francis Wyman of Lex. 

an uncle of her first husband. James Wyman m. a second wife. 
Emelia, b. Oct. 18, 1801 ; d. ]\Iay 9, 1803. 

Emelia, b. June 10, 180o; m. March 31, 1825, John Johnson, 2d. 
Elbridge, b. March 1, 1805; formerly a merchant in Boston. ' 
William, b. Dec. G, 1808; a machinist in Woburn. 

Anna P., b. . 

Benjamin, b, July 1, 1816 ; m. Nov. 17, 1840, Lucy Ann PuOer of 

Waltham. 

John O., b. . 

Susan E., b. Aug. 17, 1820; m. Jan. 17, 1838, Jewett B. Streeter 

of Lowell. 
Luct/ A., b. April 2, 1825. 39 Francis S., b. April 7, 1827. 



There were other Wymans in Lex. from time to time, all from the 
same original stock, but through other branches ; nor was their resi- 
dence permanently in the town. 

James Wyman, the eldest son of David, of James, who was a 
great grand-son of the original Francis, Avas b. Feb. 8, 1825 ; m. in 
Lex. as his second wife, Abigail S. Harrington, who d. 1827. His 
first wife was Rhoda Robbins, and his third wife was Sophia Grover. 
He had ten sons and three dau. He resided in Lex., Burlington, 
and Danvers. 

Henry Wyman of Lancaster, a great grand-son of Francis of 
Wo., m. 1767, Sarah Mason of Lexington. 

Increase Wy'man, second son of Nathaniel, son of Francis of 
Wo., was in Lex. 1756-59; was also of Lincoln, Burlington, and 
Billerica. He had a family of eight children by his wife, Deborah 
Pierce. Nathaniel, his second and youngest son, was killed in Lex. 
near the Common, on the morning of the 19th of April, 1775, aged 
24 years. 



WILLIS. — John Willis and his wife Elizabeth were in Duxbury 
as early as 1637. He was one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, 
was a deacon there, and filled important town offices, and represented 
the town in the court of the colony some twenty years. He m. Mrs. 
Elizabeth Palmer, and had six children. Benjamin, son of John, m. 
Susanna, dau. of Thomas Whitman, by whom he had Thomas and 
Benjamin, Susanna and Elizabeth. Thomas, son of Benjamin, m. 
Mary, dau. of Samuel Kingsly, and had eight children. Thomas, 
son of Thomas and Mary, m. Susannah, dau. of Thomas Ames, and 
had six children. Thomas, one of their sons, m. first, a Hunt, and 
second, a Dean ; among his children he kept up the family name, and 
called one of his sons Thomas, who m. Frances Willis, dau. of 
Ephraim Willis, by whom he had four sons, Roxjal B., Stillman Z*., 
Sidney D., and Martin W. 

Royal B Willis, son of Thomas and Frances, was b. at Easton, 
Sept. 3, 1812; m. Sept. 16, 1833, Phebe C, dau. of Peter Webster 
of Methuen. He commenced business in Boston in 1834, and repre- 
sented the city in the Legislature, 1844 and 1845. In 1846, he 
removed to Lexington, continuing his business in Boston. He has 
held a commission of justice of the peace. For several years past, 
he has been engaged in the furniture business in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
keeping up his family residence in Lexington. They have had three 
children — Oeorge Franklin, b. in Methuen, July 17, 1834, d. Sept. 
13, 1834; Francis Royal, b. in Boston, Feb. 22, 1838; Julia Au- 
gusta, b. in Boston, June 26, 1842. 
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The Genealogy of tlie following families was obtained too late to be 
inserted in the appropriate alphabetical place in the Register, and 
is here aj^pended. 

CUMMINGS. — Daniel Cummings, son of Ebenezer Cummings 
of Woburn, was b. Jan. 7, 17D7 ; m. Abigail AVright of Woburn, 
dau. of Jacob Wright, b. April 28, 1797. They resided first in 
Bedford, where their first three children were born, and afterwards 

in Lexington. They have Daniel, b. Aug. 3, 1817, m. Fowle ; 

Abigail, b. July 17, 1819, m. Charles Flagg of Wo. ; William, b. 
Feb. 22, 1822; George, b. Nov. 21, 1833; Oliver Waterman, b. 
Dec. 23, 1836. Mr. Cummings resides at the extreme part of the 
town, where Burlington and Bedford corner upon Lexington. 



THE CURRIER FAMILY. 

Richard Currier was in Salisbury in 1C40, and by his wife Ann 
had several children. Samuel Currier, perhaps son of Richard, was 
in Haverhill, and built him a cottage on the common land in 1608, 
and in 1670, m. Mary Hardy. I have no record of his death or of 
his children. In 1727, a school was kept at the house of widow 
Currier, and in 1732 the school was described as being at the house 
of Reuben Currier. From this imperfect record it is inferred that 
Samuel d. before 1727, and that Reuben was his son. Reuben Cur- 
rier was a lieutenant in Haverhill in 1757. He m. and had at least 
two sons, Reuben and Jonathan. He moved to Bow, N. H., about 
1760. Jonathan, m. Nancy Sargent of Haverhill, and among other 
children had 

Jonathan Currier b. 1787 ; m. Jan. 1, 1814, Cynthia Whitney, 
b. April, 14, 1792. He d. Oct. 15, 1859, aged 72, and she d. in 
Lexington, Nov. 10, 1806. 

\William Jackson, h. Feb. 21, 1815; ra. Susan B. Spaulding. 
Charles Whitney, b. March 9, 1817 ; d. 1838, in Nashville, Texas. 
Simon Pender, b. Aug. 19, 1822 ; m. and r. in the State of N. Y. 



William J. Currier m. Jan. 23, 1845, Susan B. Spaulding, 
dau. of Dr. Stillman and Lucy (Butterfield) Spaulding of Lexington. 
He studied medicine Avith Dr. Stedman at the Marine Hospital in 
Chelsea, and with Dr. Chaplin in Cambridge. He attended lectures 
at Pittsfield and at Boston, and grad. 1839, at the Berkshire Medical 
Institute. He is a member of the Mass. Medical Society. He came 
to Lexington in 1840, and established himself in his profession. 
They have two children, Charles Wingate, b. April 1, 1850; Wil- 
liam B., b. July 2, 1859. 



DOW. — Darius Dow, son of Levi and Catharine (Haynes) Dow, 
was b. in Sudbury, Jan. 16, 1825; m. Oct. 14, 1851, Abbie Love- 
well of Weston, b. Nov. 8, 1830. He came to Lexington about 
1853. They have had Darius A., b. Dec. 28, 1852, in Waltham; 
George H., b. in Lex. Nov. 4, 1855 ; Ilattie L., b. Nov. 22, 1856, 
d. June 14, 1857 ; Henrietta J., b. March 6, 1862. 



FITCH.— David Fitch b. in Billerica, March 3, 1832. His 
fatber, David Fitch, was son of David of Bedford. David of Lex. 
came to this town about 1858, and m. Jan., 1858, S. M. Williams of 
Rox. He entered the 45th Reg. in the late Rebellion, and served in 



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N. C. as a soldier from Lex. His brother Albert enlisted from Bur- 
lington for three years, and was killed at the battle of Chancellors- 
ville. David has four children, the first two born in Burlington, the 
last two in Lexington. David Warren, b. Oct. 20, 1858 ; Joseph 
Henry, b. Feb. 12, 1861; Ellen L., b. Aug. 31, 1864; Eliza Jane, 
b. Sept. 19, 1866. 



FOWLE. — This name has been common in some of the neighbor- 
ing towns, and a few persons of that name have from time to time 
appeared upon our records. 

Isaac Fowle of Medford m. Nancy Hall, and had a family of 
eleven children. William Henry, one of his sons, b. July 9, 1815, 
m. April 8, 1835, Susan E. Reed, dau. of Isaac Reed of Lex. She 
d. July 29, 18.59, and he m. Dec. 20, 1860, Emeline P. Reed, sister 
of his first wife. He came to Lexington with his family, 1857. His 
father and brother John came with them. The father is now living 
in his 85th year. William H. Fowle d. Aug. 8, 1862. He had two 
children by his first wife — Susan Elizabeth, b. Aug. 11, 1839; 
Emma S., b. Sept. 3, 1844; m. July 2, 1865, George D. Estabrook. 



HILDRETH.— Samuel Hildreth b. March 1, 1797, son of 
James Hildreth of Westford, m. July 3, 1823, Sophia Doloph of 
Candia, N. H. They resided in Boston and Dorchester, and came 
to Lex. 1855. They have had eleven children, viz. Sophia A., d. 
young; Samuel B., b. 1825, r. in Boston ; Prescott P., b. 1827, and 
Rvfus H., b. 1828, reside in Dorchester; Sophia A., b, 1830, r. in 
Quincy; John, b. 1832, d. young; Mary E., b. 1833; Joseph W., b. 
1835 ; Eliza Jane and Jane Eliza, twins, b. 1837, the latter d. 
young; Harriet P., b. Dec. 26, 1838, m. JNov. 26, 1863, Thomas W. 
Child, r. in Lex. and have two children ; George O., b. 1843 ; Ben- 
jamin F., b. 1847, d. young. 



HOLBROOK. — Moses Holbrook was b. in Marlborough, Nov. 

24, 1745, and m. Rachael , b. May 8, 1748. He d. in Tem- 

pleton, where they resided, June 28, 1810; and she d. July 18, 
1797. They had Rachael, b. May 5, 1775 ; Patty, b. June 9, 1778, 
d. 1812 ; Cynthia, b. July 17, 1781, d. Aug. 1855 ; Rufus, b. April 
11, 1784, d. 1824; Aaron, b. Dec. 18, 1788, d. 1841; Moses, twin 
of Aaron, d. young. 



Aaron Holbrook m. May 7, 1818, Susan Miles. 
m. Mary Wellington of Waltham. 



She d. and he 



Aaron b. March 19 1819. 

Susan L., b. June s', 1822; m. May 20, 1849, William Henry Smith 

of Lexington. 
Mary A., b. May 28, 1826 ; m. Charles F. Winship of Lexington. 
Henry C, b. May 14, 1828; r. in Georgia. 
\Rufus W., b. March 29, 1830; m. Sarah E. Stocker. 
Edwin W., b. July 21, 1832 ; r. in New York. 



Rufus W. Holbrook m. April 28, 1857, Sarah E. Stocker of 
Saugus. They have two children, Abbie Pierce, b. Aug. 11, 1858 j 
Nellie, b. April 29, 1861. The Holbrook family came to Lex. 1840. 



JEWETT. — Nathaniel Jewett came to Lexington about 1885 
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ccndant of Maximilian Jowett of Rowley, who came to the country- 
early and was made a freeman, and was chosen deacon in Rowley in 
1640. He had numerous descendants in Rowley, Ipswich and the 
neighboring towns. 

Nathaniel Jewett was b. Oct. 23, 1780, and m. Nov. 22, 1807, 
Betsey Hamblet, b. May 3, 1783. He d. in Lex. Oct. 26, 1861, 
aged 81. She d. March 27, 1857, aged 74. They had six children, 
viz. Ainory, b. Aug. 14, 1808, m. Lucy E. Duade ; r. in Boston. 
Louisa, b. June 15, 1810, m. George F. Tuttle, r. at Woodstock, 
Vt. Maria, b. March 13, 1812, m. Dec. 5, 1830, George W. Rob- 
inson ; r. in Lex. Eliza, b. Feb., 1814, m. Charles Brown ; r. in 
Line. Elias K., b. Dec. 15, 1817, d. Jan. 27, 1855', in California 
by the explosion of a steamboat boiler. Oorham, b. Aug. 3, 1819, 
m. March 11, 1857, Caroline R. Farnsworth. They have Caroline F., 
b. Aug. 6, 1858. 



JONES. — Samuel Jones, son of Samuel of Quincy, was b. Feb. 
14, 1809. He came to Lex. about 1833, and m. Nov. 28, 1834, 
Sarah Fogg, from N. H. They have had Sarah A., b. Nov. 19, 
1836, d. April 20, 1842 ; Samuel //., b. Nov. 13, 1838. He entered 
the service of the United States, and was nine months in North 
Carolina. Subsequently he re-enl!sted in the Heavy Artillery and 
served till the close of the war. Lydia A., b. April 5, 1842, m. 
Aug. 10, 1860, Alexander Corey, and has three children ; George A., 
b. May 6, 1859. 



KEITH. — John Keith came to Boston from Scotland about 1790. 
He m. Deborah Thayer of Braintree. They had Robert, b. 1793; 
Ann, b. 1795; William, b. 1797. He d. 1801. 

William Keith m. 1820, Priscilla W. Whiston of Boston, dau. 
of Francis and Elizabeth (Downes) Whiston. 

^Williain W., b. Feb. 10, 1822; m. Cordelia Bryant. 

Elizabeth W., b. Aug. 20, 1823; d. 1849. 

Amos B., b. JuAe 10, 1825; m. 1846, Catharine E. Marsh of Lynn. 

JohnH., b. Jan. 20, 1827 ; m. Mary E. Foster of Salem ; r. there. 

Priscilla W., b. April 23, 1829 ; m. James Annin of Leroy, N. Y. 

Edioard H., b. May 6, 1831 ; m. 1849, Mary ; r. in Chicago. 

Harriet A., b. June 10, 1833; d. 1854. 



William W. Keith m. May 18, 1848, Cordelia Bryant, dau. of 
Nathaniel and Clarissa (Blodgett) Bryant, b. April 9, "l821. They 
came to Lexington, 1859. He is a broker in Boston. They have 
four children, Harry H., b. Nov. 15, 1851 ; William W., b. June 
22, 1857 ; Lillian B., b. May 12, 1860 ; Walter B., b. Dec. 13, 1862. 



THE KNIGHT FAMILY. 

LoAMMi Knight, son of Aaron and Rebecca (Adams) Knight 
was b. in Hancock, N. II., Oct. 14, 1803. He came to Lexington, 
1821, and ra. May 3, 1829, Mary Robbins, dau. of Stephen Robbing, 
and d. Jan. 5, 1868. He was devoted to the militia, and rose to the 
rank of Major. 

2 Mary, b. April 2, 1830; d. April 6, 1830. _ 

3 I \Francis H., b. May 11, 1831 ; has been twice married. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 



281 



BIcmj R., b. Nov. 17, 1833; m. Nov. 25, 1852, Joshua Hobart, and 

has had one child, Mary L., b. July 9, 1855. 
Franklin, b. Sept. 29, 1835. 
Melinda, b. July 19, 1838 ; m. Nov. 22, 1866, John D. Smith of 

Charlestown, 
Helen Augusta, b. May 1, 1841 ; m. Sept. 25, 1861, Franklin E. 

Melvin of Charlestown. 
Annie Maria, b. March 8, 1844. 



Francis H. Knight m. Aug. 15, 1855, Loenza L. Hills, dau. of 
Joseph and Olive K. Hills of Hancock, N. H. She d. Oct. 25, 1859, 
and he m. Nov. 15, 1860, Lizzie H. CoUanier, dau. of Horace and 
M. E. Collamer of Woburn. They moved to Reading, 1862. His 
children are Clarence C, b. July 21, 1858; Lizzie Loenza, b, Oct. 6, 
1861 ; Mary C, b. June 24, 1864 ; Nellie Winslow, b. Oct. 23, 1867. 

LEWIS. — Joshua Lewis, a Baptist clergyman, came from Wales 
about 1780 and settled in Conn. His son Joshua, likewise a Baptist 
clergyman, resided in Conn, and R. I. His son Joshua removed to 

Saratoga, N. Y., where he m. Grinnell. His son John moved 

to the neighborhood of Auburn, N. Y., where he m. Delecta Bar- 
bour, and became a farmer. They had five children. 

Dio Lewis, son of John, was b. 1825 ; m. July 11, 1849, Hellen C. 
Clarke, dau. of Dr. Peter Clarke of Montezuma, N. Y. He studied 
medicine in Auburn, and attended a course of lectures in the 
Medical Department of Harvard University, and afterwards took his 
diploma from the Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio. He settled 
in Buffalo, N. Y., where he followed his profession several years, 
and edited a Medical Magazine. After traveling some years at 
home and abroad, and giving himself to the development of a new- 
system of physical culture, he came to Boston in 1860, and estab- 
lished a Normal Institute for physical education. To his labors 
as President of that institution, he added the establishment and 
conduct of a Young Ladies' Seminary, which he opened in Lexington, 
1864. Of this school, and of the success of his system we have 
spoken elsewhere. See History, pp. 375, 376. 



RHODES. — Thomas H. Rhodes, son of Cyrus Rhodes, was b. 
in Antrim, N. H., March 7, 1816. He came to Lexington in 1840, 
and ra. Feb. 3, 1841, Jane M. Taylor of Boston, b. March 7, 1821. 
She was dau. of Eli Tavlor, They have had the following children. 
Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1842 ; m. May 1, 1864, Joshua L. 
Johnson from Me. They reside in Charlestown, and have one child. 
George H., b. May 2, 1844, d. Aug. of the same year. Rebecca J., 
b. Aug. 1, 1845. Henry, b. April, 1847, d. young. Silas Edwin, 
b. Oct. 6, 1851. Charles Henry, b. Jan. 23, 1858. 



SIMONDS. — Calvin Simonds, son of Bradley, and grandson of 
David Simonds, (No. 59 in the Simonds family,) was b. in Ashby, 
June 5, 1836, and m. April 11, 1859, Julia A. Petigrew, b. March 
8, 1834. They came to Lex. in 1860. They have had Carrie A., b. 
Jan. 5, 1861; Mary Ella, b. Jan. 7, 1863, d. March 11, 1863; 
George Francis, b. Nov. 21, 1864; Jennie Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1866. 



TYLER.— Edward Tyler was b. Nov. 10, 1776 ; m. 1799, first, 
Mary G. Thomas, b. 1779. She d. and he m. second, Susanna 
Thomas, 1808; she d. July 21, 1811, and he m. third, Alma E. 



I 



282 



HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. 



1- 2 
3 
4 



Holden. He d. Dec. 26, 1827. He had Mary, b. 1805 ; Edward 
L., b. Aug. 5, 1806; Alma E., h. 1815; Susan, b. 1816; John F., 
b. 1818; Harriet N. and James R , (twins,) b. 1820; Elizabeth, b. 
1823. They r. in Harvard. 

Edward L. Tyler, son of Capt. Edward and Mary, m. April 16, 
1832, Rachel Stevens. She d. April 3, 1839, and he m. Nov. 13, 
1839, Martha T. Savage. He came to Lexington about 1828, and 
d. March 23, 1864, in his 58th year. He had two children by each 
wife. 

Edward F., b. Nov. 13, 1834. 

Mary S., b. Feb. 7, 1838 ; m. Ap. 2, 1865, Marshall Lee of Carlisle. 

Henry //., b. Nov. 22, 1840. 5 Arthur F., b. March 12, 1852. 



Note. — In the multiplicity of names and dates it is almost impossible to 
avoid mistakes. A few errors have been detected since the sheets passed the 
Press, which are here corrected, and a few slight additions made. 

In the History : 

Page 321, line 20 from the top, for ' Barne8,''read ' Bowes.' 
" 397, line 14 from the bottom, for '18(31,' on the left margin, read 

'1862.' 
" 398, line 15 from the bottom, insert on the left margin against 
Alvin Cole, ' 1862.' 

In the Genealogy : 

Page 11, line 2 from the bottom, for Charles ' Hawes,' read Charles 
' Harvey.' 
31, first line, for ' Susanna,' read ' Lusanna.' 
43, line 11 from the top, for ' Brown,' read ' Bowen.' 
125, line 22 from the top, for ' 1738,' read ' 1838.' 
140, line 18 in a few copies, for ' 1747 ' and ' 1749,' read ' 1847 ' and 

'1849.' 
179, line 11 from bottom, after ' Lusanna,' insert ' T.' 
181, line 32 from the top, for ' 18fi3,' read ' 1853.' 
217, line 17 from the bottom, after 1857, add '1861,' and '1863— 

1868.' 
230, line 8 and 9 from the top, for ' Illinois,' read ' Wisconsin.' 
244, line 29 from top, for ' Viles,' read ' Teal.' 
262, line 10 from top, for ' 1858,' read ' 1848." 



INDEX TO THE GENEALOGIES. 



In the following Index, the names of tlie Families, which are arranged in alphabetical 
order, are printed in Small Capitals, and the page or pages occupied by each family, 
respectively, are set against them. The names which follow the families, and are arranged 
in alphabetical order, are of those, whether male or female, who have intermarried with 
some member of the family, and the figures set against their name refer to the consecutive 
number of each family, against which the name will be found. Names having more than 
one number against them, denote that different persons, of the same surname, married into 
the family. In a few instances, distinct families of the same name, have the same numbers. 
Hence both numbers should be consulted. Persons marrying those of the same surname are 
omitted in the index. In the introduction of the families, the name of the wife is sometimes 
given before the consecutive numbers commence ; and in some of the small families the 
numbers are omitted altogether. In such cases, the name of the person intei-marrying will 
be found inserted below, without any number anuexed, but can easily be found under the 
head of the family where they occur. 



Abbot, p. 5, 6 
Barker, No. 6 
Bridges, 18 
Buckman, 26 
Chandler, 10 
Falkner, 4 
Farnum, 2 
Fawcett, 34 
Foster, 13 
Hoar, 27 
Ingalls, 2, 8 
Lawrence, 23 
Lovejoy, 7 
Merriam, 28 
White, 25 

Adams, 6—8 
Bacon, 29 
Baker, 16 
Balles. 
Beals. 
Boyden, 15 
Chenery, 1 
Crosby, 30 
Derby, 23 
Fiske, 3 
Flagg, 9 
Griffith. 
Hager, 19 
Lewis, 17 
Pond, 13 
Prentice, 30 
Sanderson, 9 
Stearns, 10 
Whittemore. 

Allen, 8 
Bacon, 2 
Munroe, 1 
Smith, 3 

Angier, 8, 9 
Blasdell, 5 
Davis, 3 



Simonds, 1, 4 
Winn, 5 

Arms, 9 
Carley. 

Babcock, 9 
Blashfield. 
Chalmers. 

Bacon, 9, 10 
Allen. 
Davis, 3 
Gleason, 5 
Grant. 
Reed, 4 

Baily, 10 
Capell, 2 
Gould, 6 
Grover, 2 
Hartwell, 5 
Hutchinson, 2 
Marston, 3 
Simonds, 1 
Skilton, 4 
Woodbury, 2 

Bate, 10 

Barrett, 10, 11 
Fiske. 
Gerrish. 
Henchman. 

Beals, U 
Adams. 
Brown. 

Bennett, 11 
Blanchard, 1 
Kendall, 15 
Knowles, 11 
Mclntyre, 14 



Shattuck, 8 
Stimpson, 13 
Wright, 12 

Blanchard, 12 
jVlunroe. 

Blasdel, 12 
Dexter. 
Perkins. 
Powers. 

Bltnn, 12 
Gilmore. 
De Lans. 
Gragg, 1 
Piper, 2 

Blodgktt, 13 — 16 
Barnes, 75 
Brown, 17 
Bryant, 8 
Butterfield, 11 
Butters, 15 
Caldwell, 69 
Dizer, 5 
Downing, 66 
Dupee, 10 
Estabrook, 13 
Fowle, 38 
Frost, 64 
Hadley, 1 
Harrington, 22 
Jackson, 14 
Johnson, 8 
Lane, 32 
Locke, 11, 12, 25 
Meserve, 76 
Munroe, 46 
Nevers, 4 
Parker, 26 
Perry, 21 
Raymond, 8 
Richardson, 18 



284 



HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. 



Robbins, 28 
Russell, 6 
Sever!=, 28 
Skilton, 19 
Smith, 5, 70 
Stearns, 3 
Stone, 4 
Thorn, 23 
Tidd, I 
Tileston, 7, 9 
Winn, 2, 16 

Bond, 16 
Briscoe. 
Mason. 
Nelson, 12 
Russell, 2 
Whittemore. 
AVoolson. 

Bowman, 16—20 
Andrews, 15 
Barnard, 12 
Blackleach, 8 
Bridge, 2.5, 38, 61, 63 
Bright, 23 
Brown, 29 
Chamberlain, 45 
Clapp, 75 
Cooledge, 27, 39 
Davis, 64 
Elliott, 57 
Estabrook, 31 
Garfield, 22 
Harrington, 21 
Hoar, 47 
Lawrence, 49 
Learned, 65 
Ledlie, 53 
Loring, 36 
March, 8 
Munroe, 21, 48 
Reed, 37 
Russell, 20, 40 
Sherman, 2 
Simonds, 18, 41 
Smith, 62 
Stearns. 28 
Stone, 9, 19 
Sutton, 44 
Turner. 7 
Vile^ 59 
Walker, 60 
Woolson, 36 

Bradshaw, 21 

Bridge, 21—26 
Baker, 60 
Bancroft, 1 
Barrett, 43 
Bartlett, 61 
Blanchard, 49 
Bowman, 12, 17, 36, 47 
Brooks, 20 
Brown, 40 
Champney, 1 
Chandler, 56 
Cutler, 14 
Danforth, 2 
Davis, 80 
Flagg, 54 



Fox, 24 

Garfield, 9 

Gerry, 56 

Harrington, 9, 19, 23 

Herrick, 15 

Knowles, 62 

Livermoie, 4 

Moore, 32 

Morse, 33 

Parker, 41 

Perkins, 19 

Pierce, 22 

Porter, 15, 37 

Reed, 17. 26,30,31,32,45 

Russell, 6, 10 

Sargent, 77 

Saunders, 1 

Smith, 33. 79 

Stratton, 84 

Taylor. 1 

Tidd, 15 

Tyler, 40 

Veazie, 54 

Watson, 11 

Wellington, 72 

Whitcomb, 56 

Whitney, 13 

Wood, 34 

BUIGHAM, 26 

Muzzy. 
Valentine. 

Brown, 26—30 
Beals, 81 
Blodgett, 96 
Bowman, 21 
Bridge, 44 
Buckman, 38 
Burbank, 65 
Chapman, 75 
Converse, 51 
Downing, 49 
Dudley, 66 
Farrar, 98 
Fiske, 73, 99 
Gleason, 76 
Goodriow, 95 
Harrington, 56 
Johnson, 84 
Kuhn, 74 
Makepeace, 2 
Meacham, 13 
Munroe, 58, 67 
Muzzey, 42, 50 
Page, 43 
Patch, 97 
Perry, 60 
Pierce, 70 
Proctor, 83 
Reed, 23, 26, 47 
Rogers, 91 
Smith, 21, 39 
Stearns, 57, 59, 61 
Sumner, 79 
Thacher, 37 
Tottingham, 31 
Twitchell, 19 
Wellington, 15, 48 
White, 68 
Whitney, 77 
Whittemore, 41 



Bryant, 30, 31 

Ellms, 4 
Phelps, 2 
Shurtlcff, 3 
Wellington, 5 
Withington, 1 

Buckman, 31, 32 
Brown, 2 
Fiske, 1 
Munroe. 
Scone, 3, 4 

Burbank, 32, 33 
Alexander, 2 
Brown, 1 
Jacobs, 7 
Kendall. 
Peirce, 6 
Slaughter, 4 

Burdoo, 33 
Banister, 4 — " 

Butters, 34 
Blodgett, 6 
Hastings, 7 
Peters, 1 
Tidd, 5 
Viles, 3 

BUTTRICK, 34, 

Glacier, 4 
Locke, 1 

Caldwell, 34, 35 

Capell, 35 
Brown, 1 
Crosby, 3 
Hutchinson, 4 

Carly, 35 
Arms. 

Chandler, 35 — 41 

Alley, 60 
Ball, 58 
Blanchard, 65 
Bridge, 27 
Brown. 5 
Buss, 3 
Davis, 13 
Downing. 30 
Dudley, 8, 66 
Duren, 64 
Eaton, 32 
Flagg, 12, 14 
Fletcher, 6 
Francis, 67 
Harrington, 40 
Heald, 2 
Hutcliins, 46 
Jones, 6 
Kimball, 54, 67 
La Bart, 40 
LeBaron, 52 
Mack, 23 
Mead, 41 
Melvin, 14 
Merriam, 15 
MuUiken, 39 



INDEX TO GENEALOGY. 



285 



Muzzey, 21, 34 
Putnam, 49 
Reed, 25, 29 
Siinonds, 1 
Spring, 26 
Tidd, 24 
West, 63 
Whitcomb, 27 
Whittaker, 14 

Child, 41, 42 
Blodgett. 
Cunningham. 
Cutler, 1 
Hale, 1 
Maddoek. 
Norcross. 
Parminter. 
Pierce. 
Platts. 
Thatcher. 
Williams. 

CLA.FLIN, 42 

Clarke, 42—45 
Allen, 
Billings, 7 
Bowen, 12 
Bowes, 16 
Buckminster, 2, 4 
Bullard. 
Conant, 24 
Dudley. 
Fiske, 30 
Grafton, 35 
Green, 31 
Hall. 

Harris, 29, 32 
Norman, 2 
Pierce, 5 
AVare, 26 ^ 
Watts, 25 
Wilson, 13 

CoMEE, 45, 46 
Brown, 3 
Maltman, 16 
Parkhurst, 12 
Smith, 5 
Watts, 11 .^ 

COOLEDGE, 47 

Bright. 
Eddy. f 

Fiske. 
Fowle, 1 
Mixer. 
Munroe. 
Smith. 
Stearns. 

Cooper, 47 

Crosby, 47 
Adams. 
Cook. 

Crowninshield, 48 
Christy, 3 
Loring, 8 
Peters, 1 
Beed, 4 

94 



CUMMINOS, 278 
Flagg. 
Fowle. 
Wright. 

Currier, 273 
Hardy. 
Sargent. 
Spaulding, 2 
Whitney, 1 

Cutler, 48—54 
Bacon, 99 
Batchelder, 118 
Blaise, 16 
Bond, 32 
Braman, 109 
Bridge, 42 
Brown, 90 
Burrell, 120 
Battrick, 54 
Chamberlain, 113 
Ciiild, 58, 93 
Clemens, 106 
Collar, 5 
Cutter, 100 
Duren, 128 
Earl, 91 
Fiske, 64 
Flagg, 95, 98 
Flanders, 124 
Foss, 125 
Green, 102 
Harrington, 76 
Hassington, 108 
Hastings, 62 
Hawkins, 114. 117 
Hodgman, 70 
Holbrook, 109 
Holden, 101 
Houghton, 136 
Howe, 72 
Johonnot, 127 
Kendall, 57, 129 
King, 1 
Lane, 106 
Lathrop, 115 
Leonard. 78 
Mann, 114 
Marrett, 97 
Moore, 77 
Morrell, 111 
Munroe, 24 
Niles, 91 
Nutting, 123 
Page, 1, 74, 75 
Park, 9 
Parker, 126 
Parmenter, 6 
Reed, 71, 72, 76 
Rice, 109 
Richardson, 112 
Russell, 10 
ScoUey, 109 
Searle. 96 
Simonds. 48, 92 
Smith, 110 
Snow, 19 
Spaulding, 130 
Stearns, 12 
Stone, 20, 30 
Tidd, 43 



Tyler, 137 
Waite, 8 
Wellington, 140 
Wheat, 104 
Wheeler, 106 
White, 76 
Whitney, 31 
Winter, 3 

Wood, 103, 104, 112 
Wright, 2 

Cutter, 54, 55 
Fillebrown. 

Damon, 55 

Gowing. 
Houghton. 
Pratt. 
Shattuck. 
Wright, 1 

Danforth, 55 
Merriam. 

Davis, 55, 56 
Babcock. 
Bridge, 4 
Davis, 2 
Phelps, 1 
Stevens, 2 
Tilton, 3 

Diamond, 56 
Simonds. 

Dork, 56, 57 
Boardrnan. 
Cummings. 
Goldthwait, 
Paul, 2 
Plympton. 
Richards, I 

Dow, 278 
Haynes. 
Lovewell. 

Downing, 57 
Blodgett, 4 
Brown, 1 
Butterfield, 2 
Chandler, 5 
Learned, 4 
Rhoades, 6 
Wheelock, 7 

Draper, 57 
Barnes. 

Dudley, 58, 59 
Brown, 15, 16 
Chandler, 12 
Davis, 8 
Fletcher. 2 
Fowle, 47 
Gobble, 3 
Harrington, 43 
Holman. 48 
Howe, 21 
Johnson, 41 
King, 4 
Lane, 31 



286 



HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. 



Munroe, 31 
Perry, 2;) 
Poulter, 6 
Shaw, 44 
Smith, 40 
Viles 38 
Wheeler, 1 

DUNKLEE, 59 

Wilson, 6 

DUPEE, 60 
Blodgett, 1 
Shattuck, 5 
Tilihitts, 2 
Winn, 4 

DUREN, 60 

Chandler. 

Duttou. 

Guuld. 

Jaqiiith. 

Kendall. 

Locke. 

Manning. 

Marrett. 

Russell. 

Searl. 

Simonds. 

Spaulding. 

ESTABROOK, 61—64. 
Adams, 63 
Barrett, 21 
Benjamin, 67 
Blancliard, 42 
Blodgett, 59 
Bowman, 6 
Bryant, 71 
Cjok,46 
Creasy, 34 
Cummings, 59 
Davis. o8 
Fav, 69 
Flint, 5 
Foster, 72 
Fowle, 59 
Frost, 9 
Harrington, 7 
Harris, 25 
Hooper, 68 
Hovey, 64 
Hubbard, 17, 18 
Hunt, 27 
Hurd, 23 
Jones, 43, 49, 77 
Kidder, 30 
Lawrence, 32, 59 
Loring, 2. 6 
Munroe, 7 
Norcross, 70 
Page, 65 
Paine, 3 
Pierce, 36 
Raymond, 61 
Reed, 6, 22 
Russ?ll, 33, 47 
Simonds, 58 
Smith, 37 
Stearns, 39, 66 
Trask, 45 
Treat, 3 



Walden, 35 
AVarren, 34 
Willard, 3 
Winn, 51 
Winship, 24, 29 
Wood house, 2 
Wright, 60 

Fairfield, 64 

Farley, 65 
Hasselton. 
Putnam. 

Farmer, 65 
Fesseiiden, 1 
Kilburn, 3 
Pierce, 7 
Reed, 2 

Fassett, 65, 66 
Munroe, 2 
Newton, 6 
Page, 2, 5 
Pollard, 5 

Fessenden, 66—69 
Allen, 17 ^ 
Apthorp, 30 
Barrett, 15 
Bemis, 32 
Brown, 11, 19 
Cheney, 1 
Chipman, 14 
Cooledge, 5 
Crosby, 21 
Davis, 63 
Doane, 48 
Drinkwater, 49 
Farmer, 28 
Fillebrown, 7, 54, 62 
Frost, 43 
Goodrich, 47 
Grover, 55 
Hill, 38 

Hutchinson, 20 
Ingals, 57 
Johnson, 59 
Kendall, 11 
Lee, 30 
Locke, 7. 31 
Lovejoy, 52 
Newton, 60 
Oldham, 12 
Parker, 10 
Pierce, 25, 37, 39 
Poulter, 7 
Prentice, 16 
Stratton, 61 
Tainter, 50 
Viles, 45 
Webb, 32 
Wellington, 18 
Winship, 9, 33, 34 
Wyeth, 11 
Wyman, 24 

FisKE, 69—75 
Adams, 61 
Baldwin, 9 
Barrett, 46 
Blodgett, 40 



Bridge, 61 
Briggs, 91 
Brown, 72, 105 
Buckman, 33 
Carter, 8 
Clarke, 85 
Cooper, 2 
Daland, 81 
Davenport, 92 
Denow, 101 
Dodge, 71 
Eaton, 26 
Ellis, 44 
Farmer, 37 
Fisher, 70 
Gray, 84 
Haden, 92 
Hadley, 45, 59 
Hale, 2 
Haley, 97 

Harrington, 17, 51, 75 
Heard, 28 
Howe, 49 
Hudson, 5 
James, 3 
Kennard, 71 
Le Barron, 57 
Leonard, 77 
Locke, 39 
Loring, 14 
Lyford, 92 
Massy, 100 
Merriam, 49 
Muzzy, 17 
Newell, 65 
Noyes, 20 
Oliver, 43 
Parris, 18 
Paterson, 21 
Peters, 71, 74 
Pierce, 66 
Pinkerton, 7 
Pond, 6 
Raymond, 36 
Reed, 103 
Robbins, 63 
Russell, 7 
Shaw, 92 
Spear, 78, 94 
iStimpson, 12 
Stoddart, 9 
Stone, 26, 55 
Thomas, 76 
Trask, 59, 79 
Tufts, 1 
Webber, 58 
Wellington, 4 
Wheeler, 109 
Whitney, 62 
Wilson, 2, 35 
AVinn, 90 
Winship, 82 
Wood, 102 

Fitch, 75, 278 
Cutler, p. 75 
Williams, p. 278 

Fowle, 279 
Estabrook. 
Hall. 
Reed. 



INDEX TO GENEALOGY. 



287 



Gammell, 75, 76 


Fiske, 11 


Andrews, 5 


Fowle, 9 


Butterfield, 6 


Hall 


Keyes, 1 


Harrington, 19 


Lakin, 3 


Ireland. 17 


Robinson, 2 


Jones, 4 


Wiley, 6 


Lakin. 




Lawrence, 1 


Gleason, 76 


Littlefield, 22 


Bacon. 


Merriam, 7 




Miller, 23 


GODDARD, 76, 77 


Newton, 7 


Hammond, 7, 10 


Porter, 10 


Keyes, 6, 14 


Stearns. 


Locke, 15 


Whitney, 29, 21 


Miles, 2 


Winship, 6 


Nichols, 4 




Smith, 9 


Hall, 83 


Stone, 3, 4 


Crandall. 


Wardner, 12 






Ham, 83 


Godding, 78 


Grose. 


Goodwin, 78 


Hancock, 83—88 




Bowes, 26 


Gould, 78 


Bowman, 24 


Bailev, 7 


Clarke, 14, 18 


Brooks, 1 


Fothergill, 20 


Goddard, 5 


Henchman, 23 


Hindman, 4 


Lowell, 34 


Lawrence, 1 


Perkins, 35 


Levis, 2 


Prentice, 4 


Pierce, 2 


Quincy, 33 


Rice, 2 


Scott, 33 


Saville, 5 


Thaxter, 22 


Teel. 3 


Thompson, 28 


Whiting, 9 






Harrington, 89—99 


Graham, 78, 79 


Adams, 201 


Marshall. 


Alurt, 162 




Banks, 74 


Green, 79 


Bemis, 9 


Brown, 6 


Bennett, 177 


Muzzy, 2 


Bent, 77 


Prentice, 2 


Bigelow, 23 


Smith, 4, 6 


Blackington, 54 


Tufts. 


Blodgett, 28, 53, 58 




Bowswav. 155 


Greenleaf, 79, 80 


Biitton,"88 


Gerrish. 


Brooks, 196 


Horton, 9 


Brown, 76 


Kent, 


Bruce, 125 


Locke, 3 


Chandler, 192 


Manning, 1 


Constantine, 147 


Reed. 5 


Cutler, 27 


Tnompson. 


Cutter. 16 


Upson, 8 


Cutting, 2 




Dale, 156 


Grimes, 80 


Dudley, 116. 146 


Ditson, 11 


Dunkley, 84 


Reed, 8 


Dunster, 38 




Elliott, 141, 142 


Grover, 81 


Farrer, 82 


Biscom, 4 


Fiske, 56, 69, 159, 161 


Fessenden, 5 


Francis, 144 


Harringtop, 5 


Frost, 87, 99, 182 


Merriam, 3 


Frothingham, 193 


Pierce, 2 


Gage, 197 




Garfield, 6. 158 


Hadley, 81—83 


Gleason, 158 


Blackington, 15 


Gossom, 180 


Dean, 8 


Grover, 170 



Hadlev, 109 
Hall, 97, 176 
Hammond, 15, 17 
Hastings, 149, 187 
Haywoorl. 148 
Jacobs, 196 
Johnson, 62 
Kinniston, 173 
Lane, 189 
Langley, 208 
Laughcon, 28 
Livermore, 25 
Locke, 54, 70, 108 
Loring, 78 
Mason, 37, 139 " 
Maynard, 198 
Mead, 184, 194 
More, 205 
Morton, 161 
MuUett 85 
Mulliken, 38, 119 
Munroe, 58, 64, 71, 89, 

190 
Newell, 73 
Page, 128 
Palls, 32 
Perrin, 131 
Perry, 57 
Phelps, 120 
Pierce, 79, 106, 124, 179, 

183 
Porter, 63 
Rainey, 209 
Raymond, 70 
Reed,60,61, 113,117,154 
Richardson, 165 
Rindge, 206 
Robbius, 137 
Robinson. 200 
Russell, 86, 161 
Simson, 81 
Skilton, 186 
Smith, 56, 67 
Snow, 168 
Stickney, 80 
Swan, 212 
Tay, 160 
Todd, 181 
Trask, 37 
Turner, 203 
Underwood, 127 
Wade, 140 
Ward, 191 
White, 27, 98 
Whitehead, 112 
Whitney, 6 
Wilev, 203 
Winship. 13, 52, 122 
Winter, 3 
Woodbury. 174 
Wootten, 55 
Wyman, 178 

Harris, 99 
Bryant, 1 
Farmer, 1 
Wethern, 4 

Hartwell, 99, 100 
Davis, 1 
Lake, 1 
Webber, 2 



288 



HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. 



Hastings, 100—103 
Adams, 46 
Bailey, 54 
Baker, 37 
Btmis, 11, 50 
Bond, 8 
Bowles, 40 
Brooks, 21 
Brown. 17 
Gary, 38, 43, 49 
Cheney, 1 
Church, 9 
Cooledgp, 9 
Davis, 53 
Graves, 6 
Green. 
Hammond, 3 
Harris. 
Holloway, 15 
Ingraham, 22, 44 
Lawrence, 31 
Livermore, 48 
Marrett, 47 
Mead, 12,53 
Nelson, 27 
Nevinsnn, 7, 9 
Pratt, 53 
Reed, 42 
Rice, 5 
Risgs. 39 
Robbins, 48 
Shattuck, 13 
Smith, 52 
Spring, 35 
Stearns, 13. 17, 26 
Stratton, 19 
Swan, 30 
Tidd, 18 
Trabo, 50 
Tuttle. 53 
Warren, 10 
Weed. 53 
Wellington, 49, 51 
White, 16 
Wood, 53 
Wyeth, 30 

Hendlet, 103 
Skilton. 

Hewes, 103, 104 
Sawtel, 1 

HiLDUETH, 279 
Child. 
Doloph. 

Hoar, 104. 105 
Abbot, 28 
Bowman, 23 
Brooks, 18, 19 
Cutler, 22 
Graves, 3 
Jones, 7 
Lee, 4 

Pierce, 16, 25 
Prescott, 2 
Stratton, 4 
Wheeler, 31 
White, 30 
Whittemore, 20, 21 

HOBBS, 106 



HOLBROOK, 279 
Miles, 1 
Smith, 3 
Stocker, 6 
Wellington, 1 
Winship, 4 

Holmes, 106 
Getting. 

Houghton, 106, 107 
Cutler, 3 
Haywood, 1 
Richardson. 
Shattuck, 2 
Stearns. 

HOVEY, 107 
Brown. 
Greenwood. 
Hoping, 1 
Lovett. 
Mason. 
Muzzy. 
Pratt. 
Watson. 

Hudson, 107—110 
Babcock, 6 
Brigham, 4 
Brown, 1 
Cooledge. 16 
Crocker, 2 
Fay, 14 
Fiske, 7 
Frost, 2 
Goodnow, 5 
Joslin, 1 
McAllister, 3 
Mellen,23 
Nichols, 22 
Rider, 17 
Rugg, 2 
Shurtleff, 18 
Smith, 20 
White, 1 
Williams, 13 
Wood, 3 

HUFFMASTER, 110 

Jewell. 
Wier. 

Hunt, 110 

Ingersoll, 111 

Jennison, 111 
Tidd. 

Jewett, 279, 280 
Brown. 
Duade. 
Farnsworth. 
Hamblet. 
Robinson. 
Tuttle. 

Johnson, HI, 112 
Brown, 4 
Cheney, 11 
Cogswell, 4 



Dudley, 1 
Hadlock. 
Jones, 7 
Laws, 8 
Loring, 1 
Miles. 
Munroe. 
Nurse. 
Pierce, 1 
Reed. 

Skilton, 9 
Sumner, 3 
Sweney, 5 
Tuttle, 5 
Wheeler, 2 

Jones, 280 
Corey. 
Fogg. 

Keith, 280 
Annin, 6 
Bryant, 2 
Foster, 5 
Marsh, 4 
Thayer. 
Whiston, 1 

Kendall, 112, 113 
Bennett. 

Broughtbn, 1 '"- . 
Cheever, 1 
Dewing, 6 
Ditson. 
Fiske. 
Gates. 
Leland, 5 
Smith, 11 
Tidd. 

KiBBE, 113, 114 

Knight, 280, 281 
CoUamer, 3 
Hills, 3 
Hobart, 4 
Melvin, 7 
Robbins, 1 
Smith, 6 

Laughton, 114 
Winship. 

John Lawrence, 114 — 117 
Abbott, 35 
Bancroft, 31 
Batchelder, 1 
Bellows, 11 
Bowman, 42 
Fiske, 33 
Harris, 23 
Hastings, 49 
Holden, 24 
Johnson, 39 
Locke, 27 • 
Morse, 4 
Muzzy, 40 
Page, 21 
Parker, 35 
Potter, 7 
Reed, 38, 62 



INDEX TO GENEALOGY. 



289 



Russell, 34 
Smith, 37, 46 
Stone, 27 
Swain, 32 
Tarbell, 19 
Wheeler, 25 
Wood, 51 

George Lawrence, 117, 
118 
Barnes, 5 
Bass, 7 
Bennett, 7 
Brown, 3 
Butterfield, 24 
Comee, 19 
Crispe. 
Eaton, 6 
Evans, 13 
Hammond. 
Holland. 
Hopping, 7 
Lord. 14 
Marsh, 29 
Maynard, 8 
Parker, 2 
Pierce, 10 
Reed, 35 
Robinson, 25 
Smith, 4, 26 
Stearns. 
Thayer, 28 
Wellington, 1 

Lewis, 281 
Barbour. 
Clarke. 
Grinnell. 

LiVERMORE, 118, 119 
Ball. 
Barnes. 
Bridge. 
Dunlap. 
Jarvis, 1 
Kidder. 
Manning, 7 
Perkins, 8 

Locke, 119—126 
Ayers, 40 
Baldwin, 51 

Blodgett, 42, 56, 69, 123 
Bond, 68, 71 
Brooks, 36 
Burgess, 114 
Casey. 131, 133 
Clarke, 1 
Cotton. 
Crosby, 135 
Cummings. 
Cutter, 9 
Davis, 111, 122 
Dawes, 152 
Day, 7 
Divols. 
Duren, 144 
Dwight, 39 
Elliott, 151 
Evans. 

Fessenden, 17 
Fiske, 43 



Fitz, 108 

Foster, 75, 86 

Gage. Ill 

Gould, 125 

Gould. 

Greenleaf, 80 

Harrington, 55, 73, 121 

Haywood, 3 

Hill, 118 

Hills, 104 

Hopkins, 59 

Howard. 72 

Ingersol, 75 

Jacobs, 111 

JosHp, 115 

Kendall. 6 

Lakeman, 134 

Lawrence, 38, 77 

Markham, 10 

Marrett, 77 

Marvin, 150 

Maynard, 96 

Mead, 5, 8, 74 

Merriam, 15, 27, 45, 49 

Mulliken, 145 

Munroe, 24. 105 

Never.s, 107 

Newell, 37 

Newton, 47 

Nichols,_78, 79, 87 

Perry, 35 

Plympton, 4 

Raymond, 26 

Reed, 22, 71 

Rhoades, 106 

Richardson, 28, 32, 58, 

117 
Roberts. 137 
Russell, 11, 23, 69 
Scatto, 21 
Simonds, 81, 95 
Skilton. 128 
Smith, 111 
Snow, 19 
Stearns, 127 
Stevens, 127 
Temple, 103 
Tileston, 89, 91, 93 
Traluddia, 16 
Trask, 76 
Tuck, 132 _, 
Walker, 8 ^ 
Wallace, 94 
AVelch. 98 
Wellington, 73, 121 
White, 97 
Whitmore, 3 
Whitney. 99, 100 
Wiley. 85, 88 
Winning, 109 
Winship, 69 
Wood, 50 
Wvman, 4, 46, 61, 84, 

143 

LoRiNO, 126—128 
Allen, 12 
Baker. 
Baxter, 24 
Bowman, 8 
Chambers, 14 
Danforth, 16 



Estabrook, 1 
Fiske. 2 
Gove, 7 
Harrington, 20 
Howe, 13 
Johnson, 17 
Leavitt, 1 
Mason, 6 
Munroe, 22 
Newton. 
Penny, 19 
Pollard, 15 
Smith, 18 
Winship, 10 

Mann, 128 

Simonds. 

Marrett, 128—131 
Adams, 39 
Amsden, 5 
Bradish, 10 
Crashburn, 8 
Cutler, 34 
Dunster, 4, 17 
Eddeson. 2 
Foster, 19 
George, 41 
Hastings, 9, 29 
Hovey, 11 
Jones, 26 
Langhorn, 4 
Lawrence, 18 
Locke, 35 
Martyn, 20 
Monis, 16 
Muzzy, 29 
Parker, 11 
Pierce, 15 
Reed, 27 
Rice, 8 
Sanborn, 42 
Smith, 28 
Tidd, 24 
Towne, 38 
Witt, 15 
Wyatt, 19 

Mason, 131, 132 
Bowman, 19 
Brooks, 2 
Brown, 11 
Bull, 29 
Cheney, 31 
Edes, 23 
Estabrook, 4 
Gardner, 8 
Hammond, 5 
Loring, 12 
Munroe, 19 
Peak, 2.5 
Spring, 9 
Underwood, 33 
Whittemore, 26 

Israel Mead, 132—134 
Hadley, 18 
Hall, I 
Jones, 29 
Locke, 5 
Pierce, 25 
Robbins, 14 



290 



HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. 



David Mead, 134—136 
Adams, 19 
Bond, 14 
Bigelow, 12 
Chandler, 37 
Converse, 25 
Danforth, 11 
Harrington, 36,40 
Hastings, 4, 40 
Jennison. 15 
Locke, 26 
Munroe, 24 
Parker, 10 
Pierce, 13 
Smith, 3 
Warren, 1 
Whitney, 17 
Viles, 18 

Mekriam, 136—140 
Abbott, 94 
Allen, 40 
Brooks, 17, 21, 98 
Brown, 48 
Bruce, 32. 34 
Caldwell, 95 
Chandler, 72 
Cooper, 4 
Cutting, 81 
Ddnforth, 31 
Eaton, 42 
Fife, 65 
Fletcher, 6 
Hall, 5 
Haywood. 13 
Hosmer, 76 
Jones, 85 
Lincoln. 63 
Locke, 27 
Mores, 66 
Muzzy, 43 
Porter, 49 
liichardson, 88 
Sawtell, 83 
Simonds, o3, 91 
Stearns, 11 
Stetson. 127 
Stone, 2, 14, 41 
Townsend. 62 
Wheeler, 10, 22 
Whitcomb, 64 
Whitney, 75, 77, 80 
Wilder,'79 
Winship, 27, 93 
Wood, 9 

Mills, 140 
Adams. 

Mitchell, 140 
Snow. 

Moore, 140, 141 
Cutler. 
Parker, 6 
Pierce, 6 

MORRELL, 141 

Cutler, 3 
. Dana, 5 

Holbrook, 1 

Marsh. 6 

Millett, 2 



MULLIKEN, 141—143 

Bacon, 31 
Burrell, 4 
Chandler, 10 
Clement, 35, 39 
Daland, 17 
Farnsworth, 19 
Gerry, 40 
Harrington, 28 
Holt. 20 
Horton, 23, 27 
Hunt, 9, 18 
Locke, 37, 42 
Munroe, 32 
Munyan, 25 
Nelson, 14 
Fayson, 15 
Pierce, 22 
Reed, 11 
Roberts, 21 
Sanderson, 7, 10 
Simonds, 29 
Smith, 38 
Stone, 2 
Wellington, 24 
Whiting, 5 

Munroe, 144 — 161 
Adams, 85 
Allen, 245 
Bacon, 213 
Barber, 77 
Bemis. 82, 128 
Benjamin, 50 
Blanchard. 12 
Blodgett, 207 
Bowman, 27, 102 
Brown, Gd, 174, 179 
Buckman, 99, 202 
Burgess, 11 
Caldwell, 70, 119, 156- 
Chapen, 108 
Child, 7 
Cobbett, 218 
Comee, 3 
Cutler, 4, 64 
Daniels, 209 
Dodge, 230 
Downes, 187 
Eaton, 129 
Estabrook, 14 
Fassett, 9 
Fessenden, 178 
Fitch, 91 
Foster, 196 
Fowle. 190 
Fox, 168, 222 
Foye, 106 
Frost, 197 
Gleason, 220 
Grinnell, 182 
Hammond. 105 
Hancock, 118 
Harrington, 92, 100, 127, 

133, 195, 216 
Hobbs, 80 
Holland, 7 
Hunnewell, 173 
Hutchinson, 119 
Jewett, 188 
Johnson, 169, 172, 217, 

229 



Jones, 19 

Kendall, 47, 84 

Leath, 146 

Locke, 22, 34, 181, 206 

Loring, 44, 171 

Macy, 170 

Mason, 27 

Matthis, 67 

Maxwell, 74 

Mead, 126 

Merriam, 62, 223 

Millett, 232 

Mixer, 214 

Mulliken, 247 

Muzzy, 22. 87, 183 

Nichols, 21 

Nurse, 96 

Page, 155 

Parker. 24, 66, 79, 122, 

143, 144 
Parks, 64 r=- 

Perry, 83 
Phinney, 237 
Ptiipps, 38 
Pierce, 7, 167, 210 
Porter, 125 
Randall, 239 
Raymon<l, 23 
Reed. 75, 189 
Rice, 208 
Rogers, 103 
Rngg, 8 

Russell, 4, 158, 194, 199 
Sampson, 205 
Sanderson, 124 
Sawin, 63 
Sewall, 187 
Simonds, 41, 86 
Skilton, 142 
Smith, 103, 135, 186 
Spooner, 104 
Stedman, 139 
Stimpson, 231 
Stone, 39, 65 
Thorp, 192 
Tidd, 101, 134 
Tuttle, 212 
Underwood, 93 
Waite, 126 ^,,*^ 

Walker, 150 ^"^ 
Watson, 42, 118 
Watts, 22 ^ 
Wellington. 29, 136 
Wheeler, 68 
Wheelock, 184 
Whittemore. 215 
Williams, 58, 59 
Wilson, 243 
Winning, 238 
Winship, 95, 139, 214 
Wood, 238 
Wyer, 1 
Wyman, 209 

Muzzy, 162—167 
Boutelle, 47, 63 
Bowers, 2G 
Bradshaw, 4 
Brown. 29, 51 
Chandler, 64, 66 
Conant, 49 
Dexter, 1 



INDEX TO GENEALOGY. 



291 



Discom, 22 

Dunklee, 61 

E^tabrook, 45 

Falkner, 15 

Tiske, 8 

Fuller, 39 

Green, 7 

Hall, 11 

Hill, 13 

Hobart, 72 

Hooper, 77 

Hosmer, 70 

Hovey, 10 

Ingham, 4 

Lawrence, 24 

Lincoln, 6 ) 

Marrett, 62 

Merriam, 19, 42, 50 

More, 58 

Munroe, 20, 42, 50 

Oakes, 68 

Parker, .55 

Patch, 57 

Patterson, 65 

Prentice, 7 

Heed, 20, 21, 27, 40, 54, 

55, 59, 62 
Saville, 79 
Smith, 26 
Stearns, 46 
Stone, 14 
Tuttle, 68 
Wetherbee, 16 
Winship, 43 
Wood, 63 

Nash, 167 
Gushing. 
Ford. 
Sutton. 

Nelson, 167 

NoRCROss, 167, 168 
Abbott. 
Chappell, 3 
English. 
Estabrook, 1 
Everett. 
Hager. 
Prentice, 2 
White, 5 

Nutting, 168 

OVERING, 168 

Parker, 169—177 
Bent, 65 
Bright, 3 
Brown, 3 
Cabot, 97 
Clarke, 66 
Durgee, 107 
Garfield, 105 
Green, 87, 88, 90 
Herrick, 91 
Hobbs, 45 
Hosley, 50 
Jennison, 34 
Kendall, 26 
Lawrence, 98 



Leavitt. 95 
Mead, 32 
Miller, 93, 96 
Moore, 43 
Morse, 51 
Munroe, 39, 41, 56 
Parrott, 30 
Pierce, 43, 62 
Polly, 11 
Poole, 19 
Reed, 44 
Robbins, 101, 102 
Simonds, 67 
Smith, 38 
Stearns, 63 
Stone, 23 
Tattle, 104 
Whitney, 22 
Wyman, 35 

Parkhurst, 177 
Bowers. 

Peake, 177 

Childs. 

Hastings. 

Priest. 

Penny, 177 

Sherman. 
Smith. 

Perry, 177 
Blodgett. 
Fox. 

Phelps, 178, 179 
Bryant, 4 
Gushing, 4 
Forbes, 3 
Goodwin, 6 

Phinney, 179—181 
Barrett, 7 
Bartlett, 8 
Beckford, 11 
Fales, 10 
Goodall, 13 
Green, 2 
Munroe, 19 
Nelson, 14 
Olnhausen, 15 
Richardson, 18 
Simonds, 17 
Spring, 12 
Stearns, 3, 5 
Swett, 17 

Pierce, 181—186 
Bemis, 28, 30, 31 
Bishop, 3 
Brooks, 10 
Brown, 58, 91, 97 
Buckman, 102 
Burbank, 99 
Coffin, 62 
Comee, 50 
Conant, 115 
Cummings, 90 
Derby, 80 
Fessenden, 79 
Fiske, 45 



Fuller, 3 
Gale, 56 
Harrington, 61, 89, 109, 

124 
Hobbs, 86 
Holland, 21, 29 
Lawrence, 105 
Lewis, 26 
Locke, HI 
Mason, 62 
Mixer, 13 
Munroe, 21, 88 
Nunn, 113 
Parker, 59, 84 
Penny, 121) 
Piper, 48 
Reed, 5, 75 
Russell, 106, 110 
Sawin, 11 

Smith, 23, 85, 87, 92, 93 
Stearns, 82 
Tufts, 102 
Turner, 104 
Warren, 17 

Wellington,51, 83, 94,96 
White, 57, 59 
Whitney, 27 
Winship, 9 

Plumer, 186 
Lord, 1 

POULTER, 187 

Eliot. 

Hammond. 

Reed. 

Preston, 187, 188 
Faulkner, 10 
Lane, 2 
Parker. 3 
Reed, 2 
Warren, 1 

Puffer, 188 
Brown. 

Raymond, 188—190 
Balch, 2 
Blodgett, 10 
Danforth. 31 
Fiske, 16 
Graves, 4 
Kendall, 4 
Locke, 9 
Mallett, 15 
Munroe, 3 
Piper, 20 
Powers, 3 
Reed, 21 
Rich, 4 
Richardson, 11 
Smith, 11 
Wheeler, 28 
White, 18 
Whittemore, 14 
Winship, 19 
Young, 3 

Wm. Reed. 190—196 
Bacon, 57 
Bateman, 58 



292 



HISTORY OF LEXINGTON. 



Bowman, 32 
Bridge, 33, 36, 37, 43, 82 
Brooks, 81 
Brown, 31, 34, 66 
Chandler, 68, 77 
Cutler, 46 
Danforth, 63 
Davis, 55 
Elson, 17 
Estabrook, 25, 48 
Fiske, 10, 22 
Gibson, 79 
Greenleaf, 111 
Grimes, 56 
Harrington, 59 
Hobart, 114 
Houghton, 51 
Ingalls, 29 
Jennison, 2 
Jewett, 105 
Johnson, 6, 18, 19. 60 
Kendall, 1, 7, 15, 20 
Lawrence, 44 
Leathers, 81 
Locke, 67 
Longley, 61 
Marrett, 69 
Meigs, 106 
Merriam, 74 
MuUiken, 110 
Munsal, 12 
Muzzy, 42, 73, 80, 109 
Nichols, 101 
Page, 36 
Paiker, 93 
Pierce, 3, 14 
Poulter, 23 
Prescott,95, 96 
Raymond, 47 
Richardson, 13, 102 
Robinson, 16 
Rockwell, 2 
Russell, 27 
Sawyer, 21 
Simonds, 35 
Smith, 104 

Stone, 24, 25, 29, 30, 84 
Tidd, 28 
Wadsworth, 113 
Waite, 83, 85 
Walker, 8 >... 
Webber, 100 
Wellington, 109 
Whittemore, 30 
Winn, 9 
Winship,_49 
Wyman, 5 

Timothy Reed, 196, 197 
Crowningshield, 16 
Ferren, 23 
Fowle, 13, 21 
French, 2 
Gardner, 6, 11 
Gates, 24 
Kendall, 1 
Lawrence, 20 
Munroe, 3, 4 
Parker, 15 
Vhipps. 17 
Pratt, 8 
Russell, 9 



Thayer, 7 
Willard, 9 

swethern and other 
Reeds, 197, 198 
Clapp, 9 
CoUens, 1, 6 
Emerson, 5 
Farrington, 8 
Flint, 3 
Fox, 4 
Frost, 2 
Harrington, 1 
Hartwell, 3 
Hersey, 16 
Hutchinson, 6 
Johnson, 11 
Murphy, 2 
Reed, 13 
Ross, 14 
Rugs, 12 
Stearns. 10 
Trask, 7 
Walker, 13 
Wellington, 2, 5 
Wyman, 17 

Rhodes, 281 
Johnson. 
Taylor. 

Richardson, 198, 199 
Bodwell. 
Browne. 
Godfrey. 
Parker. 
Raymond, 3 
Reed, 1 
Richards, 2 
Wiseman. 

RoBBiNS; 199—202 
Barrett, 57 
Bl.dgett, 37 
Brazier, 1 
Butterfield, 17 
Chandler, 5 
Cutter, 32 
Foot, 15 
Harrington, 47 
Holbrook, 55 
Hutchinson, 19 
Jackson, 12 
Johnson, 12, 13 
Langdon, 49 
Lothrop, 55 
Mead, 20 
Mills, 15 
Patten, 14 
Prentice, 24, 36 
Russell, 11 
Simonds, 50 
Stone, 56 
Wadsworth, 22 
Williams, 26 
Winship, 33 
Wooten, 21 

Robinson. 202—206 
Aokley, 18 
Ames, 45 
Bacon, 4 



Brown. 
Chase. 
Cutler, 32 
Danforth. 
Davis, 34. 39 
Draper, 10 
Gair, 33 
Gammell, 30 
Gardner, 28 
Gilmor, 41 
Hadlev, 13 
Hall, 34 
Harrington, 42 
Hosmer, 39 
Jennings, 26 
Jewett. 
Little. 
Reed, 16 

Simonds, 6, 23, 46 
Snow, 20 
Stevens, 46 
Tidd, 25 
Trask, 5 
Tufts, o6 
White, 27 
Wiggin. 

Russell, 206—211 
Belcher, 2 
Blood, 70 
Bond, 45 
Bradshaw, 1 
Bridge, 13 
Brooks, 7 
Cutler, 7 
Dodge, 48 
Eaton, 48 
Farwell, 79 
Goodnow, 58 
Harrington, 76 
Hubbard, 9 
Jones, 80 
Joyce, 85 
Lawrence, 5 
Locke, 31, 71, 81 
Merriam, 73 
Munroe, 28, 68 
Prentice, 1 
Rice, 10 
Smith, 82 
Sprague, 35 
Thayer, 79 
Wheeler, 37 
White, 85 
Whitney, 79 
Winship, 8, 16 
Wood, 78 

Saville, 211, 212 
Gould, 9 
Haraden, 1 
Leonard, 6 
Muzzey, 11 

Simonds, 212-218 
Angler, 66 
Bacon, 5 
Bailey, 94 
Ball, 93 
Bannon, 139 
Blake, 112 
Blodgett, 10, 12 



INDEX TO GENEALOGY. 



293 



Bowers, 26 
Bowman, 18, 23 
Bradbury, 65 
Brooks, 24 
Brown, 2i), 60 
Childs, 81 
Crosby, 72, 76 
Cutler, 30, 4.5 
Diamond, 67 
Estabrook, 115 
French, 90 
Gizeley, 78 
Grimes, 14 
Hadley, 100 
Hammond, 62 
Haywood, 1 
Heard, 93 
Hill, 4;), 63 
Holden, 109 
Johnson, 61 
Jones, 111 
Kniijht, 19 
Locke, 51), 70 
Maxwell, 68 
Merriam, 34, 43 
Miller, 124 
Mixer, 29 
MuUiken, 92 
Munroe, 29 
Nichols, 103, 138 
Parker, 46 

Parks, 98 

Pierce, 47, 89, 96 

Poulter, 15 

Reed, 25 

Kobbms, 50 

Robinson, 69, 128 

Russell, 85 

Smith, 17, 30 

Spaulain^, 73 

Stearns, 110 

Stone, 27 

Swan, 86 

Swett, 134 

Tay, 33 

Tidd, 7 

Tufts, 41 

Viles, 52 

Walker, 11,95 ^ 

Wellington, 13 

Winn, 74 

Wyman, 64 

Smith, 213—229 
Adams, 211 
Adams. 
Allen, 155 
Arenburg, 230 
Arnold, 229 
Bacon, 119, 126 
Baker. 
Barber, 87 
Barnard. 27 
Beers, 9 
Belcher, 139 
Blodgett, 140, 156 
Bowman, 88 
Bracket, 197 
Brooks, 153 
Brown, 33. 40, 224 
Bryant, 232 
Burridge, 28 
95 



Child, 177, 2f^4, 209 
Clark, 220, 240, 241 
Comee, 20 
Cooper, 214 
Cormic. 
Cory, 132 
Cowley, 183 
Cutter, 162 
Dakin, 129 
Davis, 37 
Diamond, 70 
Dudley. 157 
Earle, 221 
Eaton, 191, 193 
Farmer, 216 
Filk brown, 159 
Fiske, 1, 24, 113 
Ford, 244 
Foster, 173 
Francis, 40 
Gale, 39 
Georsre, 239 
Godd^rd. 213 
Green. 1, 20, 64 
Hall, 96, 228 
Hammond, 178 
Hanscomb, 211 
Harrington, 78 
Hastings, 152 
Holbrook, 2 
Hopkins, 139 
Hosmer, 8 
Houghton, 225 
lies, 92 
Ingoldsby, 66 
Ireland, 215 
Johnson, 192 
Knapp, 5, 199 
Kneeland, 233 
Lane, 1 
Langdon, 135 

Lawrence, 62, 84, 164 
Lee, 98 

Leonard, 79 

Livermore, 168 

Locke, 1, 3, 196 

Marrett, 113 

Matthews, 125 

Mead, 29 

Meers, 231 

Melvin, 222 

Meserve, 5 

:Munroe, 99, 100, 133 

Muzzey, 113 

Parker, 41, 188 

Penny, 90 

Phelps, 150 

Pierce, 93, 94, IIC, 124, 
148 

Poor, 161 

Porter, 219 

Raymond, 47 

Reed, 182, 247 

Reeves, 9 

Richards, 19 

Richardson, 58 

Rogers. 201 

Russell, 161, 184 

Sanderson, 163 

bawyer, 226 

Smith, 65, 110 

Snow, 101, 217 



Stearns, 95, 96 

Stone, 66 

Stratton, U. 55 

Sullivan, 163 

Taylor, 103 

Tidd, 10, 63 

Tueston, 134 

Turner, 172 

Tuttle, 175,179 

Underwood, 61, 131, 149, 

174 
Ward, 52 
Wellington, 33, 34, 59, 

77, 169, 205 
Whittum, 227 
Win ship, 140 
Wood, 112, 123 
Woods. 
Wymaji, 53, 151, 171 

Spaulding, 229 
Butterfield, 1 
Currier, 3 
Palfrey, 4 
Saville, 6 

Staples, 230 
Shipping. 

Isaac Stearns, 230, 231 
Beers, 5 
Cummings, 30 
Cutler, 11 
Esty, 21 
Freeman, 3 
Hartwell, 14 
Lawrence, 29 
Learned, 2 
Manning, 8 
Morse, 9 
Powers, 26 
Stone, 6 
Talbot, 22 
Temple, 27 
Wheeler, 5, 10, 25 
Whittemore, 31 

Phinehas Steaens, 231, 
232 
Brown. 
Child, 10 
Hastings, 2 
Phinney, 4, 5 
Wellington, 1, 9 
Wyeth, 7 

Charles Stearns, 232, 
233 
Adams, 38 
Bigelow, 14, 53 
Bl.'dgett, 4) 
Boynton, 55 
Frooks, 42 
Child, 28 
Fiske, 35 
Fhgg, 45 
Frost, 17 
Gibson, 1 
Gove, 43 
Gra'-e, 58 
Hadley, 49 
llarlhan, 39 



294 



IIISTOllY OF LEXINGTON. 



Harrington, 20 


Wellington, 62. 63, 64 


Hill, 


Hutchinson, 8 


Whittemore, 65 


Kent. 


Lawrence, 4 




Poor. 


Norcross, 4 


Stowe, 239,240 




Parker, b3, 41 


Hartness, 2 


Tufts, 247 


Piper, 54 


Ttiomas, 1 


Adams, 1 


Rawson, o7 




Bovvmati, 12 


Sseger, 26 


Sumner, 240 


B'lckman. 


Sliattuck, 13 


Badger. 


Mead, 6 


Smith, 24, 25, 27 


Brown. 


Putnam. 


'I'raine, 7 


Clement. 


Rochester, 5 


Varnum, 46 


Foster. 




Viles, 52 


Harris, 


Tukner, 248 


Webber, 51 


Johnson. 


Brewster. 


Wellington, 50 


Southack. 


Brown, 4 


Wilson, 44 


Tiltou. 


Drury. 


Winsliip, 32 


Waldron. 


French. 
Garner. 


Stetson, 234 


Thorning, 240 


Gould, 1 


Adams. 


Cnild. 


Hatch. 


Brewster. 


Phillips. 


Hudson. 


Cook. 


Whitney. 


J ames. 


Elliott, 3 


Wood. 


Morse. 


Griffinii, 7 




Nicoll, 7 


Merriani, 1 


TinD, 240-2t5 


Pierce, 1 


Whitcher, 4 


Adams, 39 


Sampson, 8 




Blodgef, 9 


Smith, 2 


Stevens, 234 


Biidge, 13 


Whiton, 3 


Davis. 


Carter, 8 




El well. 


Chandler, 47 


TuTTLE, 248, 219 


Goodrich. 


Cotting, S3 


Burnham. 


Pierce. 


Cutler, 15 


Ciigswell. 


Robinson. 


Elliott, 51 


Dexter, 5 




Pitch, 22 


Hastings, 17 


Stone, 235—239 


Flagsj, 14 


Johnson, 15 


Adams, 28, 46 


Ha>ting, 28 


Lord, 6 


Barrett. 79 


Hayward, 37 


Munroe, 3 


Bass, 76 


Jennison, 18 


Macintosh, 18 


Bent, 40, 50 


Joslin, 21 


Muzzey, 16 


Blodgett, 42 


Kendall, 1 


Parker, 13 


Bowman. 17, 34 


Marrett, 31 


Smith, 1, 3 


Brown, 39 


Munroe, 19, 30 


Yiles, 3 


Buckman, 77 


Nurse, 52 




Butterfield, 36 


Reed, 16, 23 


Tyler, 281, 282 


Child, 82 


Simonds, 5, 32 


Holden. 


Converse, 15 


Smith, 3, 26 


Lee, 3 


Cutler, 23, 29, 41, 66 


Stearns, 48 


Savage, 1 


Earle, 67 


Sticknev, 11 


Stevens, 1 


Harrington, 74 


Trask, 52 


Thomas. 


Hildreth, 8 


Watson, 53 




Jones, 14 


Wood, 2 


Underwood, 249—252 


Keyes, 52 




Bilker, 24 


Lawrence, 30 


Tower, 245 


Bull, 9 


Merriam, 7 


Davis. 


Fillebrown, 64 


Merry, 19 




Gibson, 8 


MuUiken, 74 


Trask, 245—247 


Harrington, 44 


Munroe, 71 


Bemis, 17 


Hewes, 19 


Moyes, 48 


Benney, 16 


Holland, 20 


Parker, 35 


Fiske, 19 


Lawrence, 39 


Parkhurst, 40 


Green, 3 


Mason, 43 


Potter, 6 


Harrington, 9 


Munroe, 37 


Reed, 26, 31, 33 


Hill, 2 


Ong, 6 


Sampson, 58 


Humble, 11 


Palmer, 10 


Shattuck, 54 


Morris, 7 


Shattuck, 11 


Shepard, 16 


Reed, 15 


Smith, 24, 47, 48 


Smith, 78 


Robinson, 6 


Stone, 25 


Stearns, 5 


Stearns, 8 


Tufts, 58 


Stevens, 45 


Tufts, 14 




Stone, 44, 46, 47, 56, 59 


Wood, 19 


Viles, 252, 253 


Underwood, 67 




Barnard, 2 


Wait, 18 


Tuckek, 246, 247 


Bemis, 1 


Warren, 43 


Dana. 


Bowman, 8 



INDEX TO GENEALOGY. 



295 



Butters, 26 
Call, 4 
Cobuni, 16 
Dix, 10 
- Dudley, 19 
Fessenden, 20 
Hagar, 6 
Hartwell, 20 
Mead, 14 
Nelson, 23, 28 
Reed, 22 
Robinson, 38 
Simonds, 15 
Smith, 24 
Stiles, 34 
iStimsnn, 39 
Teel, 21 
Q'einiey, 31 
Tidd, 29 
Ward, 32 
Warren, 11 
Watson, 5, 7 
Wilson, 13 

Roger Wellington, 253, 
258 

Abbott, 43 

Ball, 41 

Bisbee, 87 

Blodgett, 76 

Bond, 7, 12 

Bosworth. 91 

Bridge, 88 

Brown, 10, 13 

Cooledge, 3, 56 

Cotung, 44 

Danforih, 64 
_ Dix, 24 

Duville, 74 

Fay, 9 

Fessenden, 19 

Hastinsis, 50, 51, 87, 90 

Hill, 28 

Holton, 90 

Jacobs, 53, 55 

Kent, 63, 66 

Law, 58 

Livermore, 6 

Locke, 46 

Maddock, 3 

Moore, 95 

MuUiken, 93 

Munroe, 23 

Nichols, 78 

Page, 32 

Peaslee, 84 

Phelps. 10 

Ray, 89 

Richards, 1 

Robinson, 90 

Sherman, 14 

Simonds, 103 

Small, 73 

Smith, 19, 40, 94 

Snow, 75 

Stearns, 30, 38, 57, 82 

Stone, 17, 24 

Straight, 2 

Sweetman, 5 

Taylor, 69 

Teel, 92 

Whitney, 10 



Whittemore, 8 
Winship, 87 
Yates, 59 

William Wellington, 
258, 259 
Ames, 21 
Bowman, 14 
Bryant, 30, 31 
Cdrroll, 29 
Gary, 25 
Child, 9 
Clarke, 8 
Cope, 17 
Fiske, 2 
Hastings, 32 
Holbrook, 16 
Hudson, 22 
Kidder, 28 
Kimball, 12 
Lawrence, 4, 5 
INIiles, 10 
Parker, 32 
Pierce, 11, 20 
Stearns 3, 18 
Stone, 10 
Whitney, 1 

Westcott, 260 
Read. 

White, 26'), 261 
Abbott, 12 
Ener, 16 

Harrington, 19, 24 
Locke, 10 
Mansfield, 8 
Raymond, 14 
Ward, 11 

Whitman, 261, 262 
Byrara. 
Gary. 
Conant. 
Fairfield, 15 
Richards. 
Snow, 1 
Trow bridge, 3 
Vining. 

Whitmore, 262—264 

Ayres, 1 

Blake, 1,2 

Gady, 27 

Carter, 8 

Gardner, 5 

Harty, 1 

Kendall, 11 

Locke, 7 

Loyejoy, 29 

Markham, 2 

Page, 13 
-Parke, 1 

Thompson, 9 

Townsend, 31 

Van Rensselaer, 5 

Waters, 10 

Wilcox, 6 

Whitney, 264 
Parker, 4 
Winship, 5 



Whittemore, 264—266 
Brown, 8 
Dunton, 7 
Flagg, 3 
J>ench, 1 
Harrington, 7 
Hoar, 3' 
Mason. 
Rand. 
Reed, 10 
Rice, 7 

Williams, 266 
Grennell, 1 
Squire, 5 

Willis, 277 
Ames. 
Dean. 
Hunt. 
Kingsly. 
Palmer. 
Webster. 
Whitman. 

Wilson, 266, 267 
Dunkley. 

Winship, 267—274 
Abbott, 109 
Adams, 147 
Birsham, 9 
Bowers, 58 
Brooks, 166 
Chamberlain, 136 
Childs, 98 
Coggen, 119 
Crafts, 56 
Crosby, 57 
Cutler, 17. 33, 35 
Daley, 168 
Dixon, 13 
Estabrook, 36 
Fesseiiilcti, '22, 79 
Fiske, 127. lo6 
Francis, 103 
Frost, 132, 135 
Grant, 63 
Hadley, 82 
Hagar, 170 

Plarrington, 12, 60, 117 
Hastings, 40 
Hill, 120 
Holbrook, 169 
Johnson, 107, 134 
Kendall, 5 
Laughton, 62 
liearned, 77 
Locke, 121 
Loring, 57 
Manning, 15, 29 
Marble, 83 
Marion, 95 
Merriam, 112 
Phillips, 52 
Pierce, 18 
Powers, 11 
Raymond, 53 
Reed. 156, 157 
Rogers, 5 
Russell. 10, 16 
Smith, 153 



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296 



mSTORY OF LEXINGTON. 






Stone, 152 
Walker. 133 — 
Wellington, 155 
Whitney. 44 
Wyeth, 20 
Winter, 274, 275 
Harrington, 8 

Wright, 275 
Estabrook. 
Farmer. 
Hayvvard. 
Kendall. 
Kenuistou. 



Reed. 
Hice, 

Wyman, 275—277 
Bacon, 13 
Brown, 11 
Certer, 29 
Crapo, 26 
Davenport, 16 
Gardner, 22 
Harrington. 
Hancock, 11 
Johnson, 9, 31 



Locke, 20 
Mason. 
Nutt. 
Pierce, 1 
Porter, 18 
Puffer, 35 
Putnani, 9 
Reed, 19 

Richardson, 5, 10, 14 
Robbins. 
Simonds, 18 
Streeter, 37 
Winn, 8 



